complaints about illegal occupation of land were supported, even if, as described above, illegal occupation occurs predominantly as a result of fraudulent sales by other Guérés. A 52 year-old man from Diboké said he had tried to return to Côte d’Ivoire in mid-2012, after being a refugee in Liberia since late March 2011. He described why he fled back to Liberia after a week: I went out to my land and saw that it had been completely taken over by Burkinabés. I told them it was my family’s land, but they said it had been sold to them by [name omitted]. I was alone. The rest of my family was still in Liberia, and I decided [the Burkinabés] could do something bad to me…. In my life, I didn’t have the chance to go to school, I don’t have anything but my land. So long as it’s occupied, I have nothing to return to, I can’t work. So I came back to Liberia.... Politics aren’t my concern; he who is the president is the president. What we’re asking of the President is that these people leave the land that does not belong to them.169 Another refugee said similarly: I went back to my village [Tuambly] in March 2012 and saw that my land was occupied. [The Burkinabés] told me that youth [Guérés] from Tinhou, which has forest that borders mine, sold them my land…. The occupation of my forest is my biggest problem. I spent three weeks in the village rehabilitating my house, but there weren’t many natives around and [I didn’t think] it was a good idea to go alone to the campement [to try to resolve the dispute]…. I don’t feel at ease when I’m just sitting around, so I came back to Liberia…. What we need is the liberation of our forests and disarmament. If that’s done, we can go back without a problem.170 Many people who have returned to Côte d’Ivoire and allege that their land is illegally occupied also said that the remaining refugees are closely watching the evolution of land conflicts. A resident of Dedjéan, near the Liberian border, said simply: “If the land 169 Human Rights Watch interview with Ivorian refugee from Diboké, Zwedru, Liberia, December 5, 2012. 170 Human Rights Watch interview with Ivorian refugee from Tuambly, Zwedru, Liberia, December 5, 2012. “THAT LAND IS MY FAMILY’S WEALTH” 58