“Bella” camp refugees left outdoors

30.09.2003 Editor

INGUSHETIA, September 30, Caucasus Times – About 12 families of the Chechen refugees from ‘Bella’ tent camp were reportedly left out-of-doors remaining under rain while they were being relocated to another camp ‘Satsita’.

The other day the Interior Ministry Federal Migration control service officials visited the camp in an apparent bid to persuade the residents to move to another camp promising all basic necessities to live there. As a result, 12 families of the internally displaced persons, including 30 underage children) agreed to move and were transported to the ‘Satsita’ camp and left there. . As of now, about 50 families refuse to move anywhere, reasoning that the officials haven’t fulfilled any agreements and have not provided the resident in ‘Satsita’ camp with the basic necessities, failing to supply them with gas and electricity.

Several days ago, Ingushetia president Murat Ziyazikov had ordered to get the electricity and gas pipeline restored. However, since yesterday the situation in the camp became worse.

Thus far, the Migration Service officials have not commented the situation.

Malika Suleymenova, Caucasus Times, Ingushetia

Editor

The “Free Eurasia” project is an independent media platform based in Prague, with an ambitious mission to provide the regions of Central Asia and the Caucasus with high-quality, objective and timely information in their national languages. We unite the expertise of editors and journalists working in Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Circassian, Avar and Russian to break the monopoly of state-run Russian-language media and amplify the voices of local communities. Direction Our work focuses on comprehensive coverage of social, political, economic and cultural developments in Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as the issues facing diasporas in Russia, Turkey, China and other countries. We produce news, analytical articles, video reports, podcasts, interviews and journalistic investigations. Special attention is paid to topics rarely addressed by state media: human rights violations, corruption, ethnic and cultural identity, migration and international relations. We strive to engage audiences of all ages, with a particular emphasis on young people and residents of remote regions, offering them digital content in their native languages. Goal Our main goal is to promote the development and sustainability of independent media in Central Asia and the Caucasus. We aim to strengthen the region’s informational sovereignty by expanding access to truthful sources and raising media literacy. At the same time, we support the development of national languages as key elements of identity and cultural heritage, encouraging public discussion and engagement. The project seeks to become a catalyst for building a strong civil society and defending democratic values, helping to train new professional journalists and fostering international cooperation.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply