UNICEF and partners are sending emergency shelter, medical and hygiene supplies to refugees in eastern Uzbekistan who have fled violence in Kyrgyzstan. The aid is being distributed by the Uzbek Ministry of Emergency Situations. A firsthand report from one of the refugee camps follows.
ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan, 16 June 2010 – Navruza, 14, seems calm but her eyes are full of sorrow. Along with her mother and two brothers, she managed to escape deadly clashes in the town of Osh, in southern Kyrgyzstan, and find refuge across the border in neighbouring Uzbekistan.
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