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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8024

10 August 2001
(eu) eu/humaitarian aid/western sahara

09/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has adopted a 11.8 million euro humanitarian programme for Sahraouri refugees, victims of the conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front in Western Sahara. Having taken refuge in the region of Tindouf, in Algeria, a large part of the Sahraouri population is "totally dependent on international assistance", often "inadequate" faced with this "forgotten crisis", the Commission stresses in a press release. This comprehensive plan for...