Accommodating them has strained basic services, and the city is experiencing cholera outbreaks.
But he said he was shocked at the lack of basic services and the overall condition of the cabin.
The Pentagon was woefully unprepared for the collapse of law and order, the breakdown of basic services and the difficulties of moving a society from tyranny to democracy.
"With security conditions worsening, basic services and the provision of aid have been significantly reduced so it is no surprise that refugees are again facing disease outbreaks".
But there are longstanding problems with housing and basic services, and the council, which is cutting 1,000 jobs, has to make £250m savings in its budget over the next four years.
None of the eight millennium development goals address urban planning, yet the way cities are structured has an impact on housing, industry, health, safety, food security, access to basic services and the ability to adapt to climate change.
Multidimensional tools are needed to unravel the links between access to basic services and the socio-economic drivers of poverty.
"This... shows the deadly cost of unequal access to basic services and the consequences of our failure to fix this problem".
"Public schools are the only universal safety net for these children and youth -- a place where they can obtain basic services and the education that is necessary to escape poverty as adults.
Basic services and the infrastructure, including roads, are in deplorable conditions in most parts of the country, particularly in the almost isolated Forest Guinea region in the south-east.
