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New camps planned for 400,000 homeless Haitians

Haiti is planning to house 400,000 earthquake survivors in new tented villages outside the capital, Port-au-Prince, officials have announced.

Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime said 100,000 people would initially be sent to 10 settlements near the suburb of Croix Des Bouquets.

The BBC's Ben Brown, who is in Port-au-Prince said the government and UN planned to move people as soon as the camps are built.

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