Summary: Algeria: EU Commission provides emergency aid for Sahrawi refugee camps (14 February 2006: Brussels)
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The European Commission grants €900,000 of emergency humanitarian aid to the Sahrawi refugees in the camps in the region of Tindouf (Algeria). Three of the four camps were devastated end of last week by heavy rains and floods.
About 12,000 families are without a roof, and their mud-brick houses having melted in the water flow. The rain has generated streams of mud which have taken houses and goods on their paths. Most of the domestic food stocks have been soiled and soaked. The market areas in the camps are severely damaged and some have practically disappeared.
Measures financed by the Commission are to cover the most urgent needs of the affected refugees, in particular the distribution of emergency food and the provision of tents, plastic sheets, blankets and mattresses.
A Commission expert is on the spot assessing the needs and reporting on the situation.. The funding will be channelled through the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), which comes under the responsibility of Commissioner Louis Michel. He said: "The consequences of this natural disaster add to the difficulties that the Sahrawi refugees have been facing during the last three decades. By delivering emergency assistance in these circumstances we reaffirm the solidarity
of the European citizens."
More information on the Commission's humanitarian aid:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/echo/index_en.htm
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