Ingushetia tent camps pull down began

On September 2 about 4 a. m. (L.T.) a crew of workers began dismantling gas pipeline on the territory of 'Bela' tent camp in Sunzhensky district of Ingushetia. As of now more than 100 meters of gas pipes have already been disassembled. The Ingushetia authorities and the Russian Migration Service give contradictory commentaries on the issue. The administration of the district pardoned the action since it is inexpedient "maintain the tent town with gas and other facilities for only 700 residents in the camp.

The officials were quoted as saying, they had recommended the refugees to move to another camps in Ingushetia with their tents to settle down there. On August 1, this year, the first deputy director of the Russian Federal Migration Service Mr. Yunash issued a directive, which says "the 'Bella' camp is to be dismantle due to inadequacy of living conditions for residents to stay there during the fall-winter season, as well as to prevent the fire, damages, infections" However, the local watchdogs and the refugees suspect the authorities have prepared further troubles so they are ready for the worst events. "They just want to force us out of Ingushetia," says Timiyeva Zargan, a resident of 'Bella' camp. "Actually, they do all this under different plausible excuses". "As yet, I have not heard any satisfactory argument on the issue," noted Ruslan Badalov, the leader of the Chechen Committee for National Salvation. "What's the good of that removal? Aren't the residents going to consume gas or other facilities in the tent camps they would be relocated to? It turns to be an absurd.

On the other hand, the authorities pretended they cared about the health of locals but in fact the administration did not even supply the refugees to be displaced with new tents."

Malika Suleymenova, Ingushetia Caucasus Times