Guinea: Forgotten people: Displaced populations in Guinea

Civil wars in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and more recently, Côte D’Ivoire have contributed to thousands of displaced people. The enormous refugee influx from neighboring countries has made Guinea host to one of the largest populations of refugees. Unfortunately, this creates a misleading view of Guinea as a peaceful haven, thus concealing significant humanitarian problems faced by displaced people. Further, there is a natural tendency for international donors to focus either on countries that have embarked on a peace process, such as Sierra Leone and Liberia, or on countries still in the midst of conflict, such as Côte D’Ivoire.