People displaced from Chechnya now living in Sleptovsk, Ingushetia. The ICRC is helping nearly 25,000 people displaced from Chechnya who are living in Ingushetia in very precarious conditions. After the authorities closed the camps they had been living in over recent years, the displaced people took refuge in collective centres or private residences. It would be risky for them to return to Chechnya because of the lack of security and the shortage of available housing. The ICRC is insisting to the authorities that any return must take place in acceptable security conditions and on a voluntary basis.