By Steve Rosenberg BBC correspondent in Moscow

Authorities in the Russian republic of Ingushetia say the last tent camp for Chechen refugees has been closed down - and that most of the refugees there have returned to Chechnya.

Human rights groups have expressed concern that the returning refugees are not receiving the compensation and aid they have been promised.

Chechen refugees pack up their belongings in the Satsita camp

For more than four years, the tent camps of Ingushetia were a daily reminder of the conflict in neighbouring Chechnya.

Tens of thousands of refugees had taken shelter there.

But over the last 18 months the Russian authorities have been shutting the camps and encouraging refugees to return home - an attempt to remove an embarrassing eyesore and to prove that the situation in Chechnya is under control.

Satsita was the last remaining camp - in sprawling fields just a few minutes drive from Chechnya.

A local official said the camp was now shut, and that most of the people there had returned home, although some had decided to stay on in Ingushetia to find private lodging.

Refugees who have been returning to Chechnya have been promised accommodation, compensation and food rations.

But human rights groups have accused the Russian authorities of using methods of intimidation to force people home, and say that refugees rarely receive what they are promised.