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Supplies for refugees 'very low'
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The UN refugee agency has warned that emergency aid stocks for thousands of Sri Lankans displaced by the fighting in the north
are running dangerously low.
A UNHCR spokesman said efforts to replenish the stocks were hindered by strict restrictions on the transport of goods into the region. The agency estimates that more than sixty-thousand people were displaced in July alone as a result heavy fighting between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. The UNHCR said supplies of food, shelter materials, water and fuel were in short supply. |
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