Security forces from both sides of the border have been accused of committing rape during the mass expulsion of migrant workers from Angola to the DRC
Doctor who specialises in treating victims of sexual violence at a health centre in Kamako, said local clinics had recorded at least 122 cases of rape this year - an unprecedented level for the community.
Angola has deported thousands of workers in recent months, UN figures show, echoing previous purges over the past 12 years during which abuses also occurred, according to rights groups and the United Nations. A spokesperson for Angola's migration authority, Simao Milagres, said there had been an increase in expulsions in the past few weeks but denied that rapes and other abuses had occurred.
Based on accounts from patients treated at his health centre, he estimated that at least 14 rapes were committed by Angolan security forces. Dozens of others were committed by civilians in Congo, he said. Many come illegally: according to the U.N. report, only 20 percent of the deported workers had permits.
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