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Article: Refugees- (UNHCR ext Eid, winter aid to refugees).
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- November 20, 2003
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Islamabad November, 20 (PPI): United Nations Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) has accelerated its efforts to provide extra assistance to the refugees in the camps established two years back in Pakistan as winter sets in. UNHCR spokesman talking to this agency said that the agency is rushing to provide additional help to the refugees in the Pakistani camps particularly in the holy month of Ramadan and in the winter temperatures which has already set in. He said that most of the assistance from UNHCR, such as blankets and heating fuel, is linked to the onset of harsh winter conditions, but the Districtribution of some additional food and other items is timed to coincide with ...