Morocco must repay the EU for this.

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Maroc should be paying for this. Why should the EU bail us out?

Brussels, 10 August 2005

Commission allocates ?9.3 million to aid Sahrawi refugees

The European Commission has adopted a further decision, worth
E 9.3 million, to assist Sahrawi refugees in south-west Algeria by
improving living conditions and, specifically, food security. Financing
will be provided via ECHO, the Commission's humanitarian aid service,
under the responsibility of Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian
Aid Louis Michel.

The Sahrawi refugees have been living in four camps surrounding Tindouf
in south-west Algeria for several decades and depend on international
aid for their survival, the European Union being the largest donor. As a
result of today's decision, projects will be funded in the following
areas:

Food sector

Refugees will continue to receive 2 100 Kcal per person per day thanks
to the replenishing of the buffer stock set up by the Commission and
managed by the World Food Programme since 2002. The diversity of the food
basket will be ensured, in particular by the supply of fresh products,
including over Ramadan. The financing of poultry feed will make it
possible to increase egg production for the whole of the refugee
population, thus providing essential proteins. A pilot project for livestock
farming and a bread and pastry-making project are also planned. These
projects, whose primary objective is to provide employment, will generate
income and contribute to efforts to ensure quality food intake for the
refugees.

Water and sanitation, health, education, protection

The health situation should be significantly improved by an improved
water supply for the camps of Aïun and Auserd; health education; the
supply of consumables (syringes, bandages, etc.) to hospitals; proper
storage conditions for medicine; distribution of hygiene kits and more
effective management of household refuse.

Plans are also being made to create conditions more favourable to
children?s education, in particular by renovating and equipping schools and
supplying materials.

Since 1993, the Commission has provided more than E 108 million in aid
to the Sahrawi refugees, elegant testimony to the EU's attention to
this still forgotten crisis.

For further information, go to:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/echo/index_en.htm

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Source:
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressRele...uiLanguage==en

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it is your Algeria who should reembourse the EU for that food aid cause most of it will end up in the algerian markets and not in the mouths of the saharawis hostages in the algerian territory....