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The UNHCR said on Wednesday that it was making an initial appeal for US $7.5 million to cover immediate needs in Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti and Yemen following the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people and a refugee exodus resulting from the fighting with Ethiopia. A statement issued by the UNHCR office in Asmara said it had spent US $300,000 on non-food relief supplies, bought on the local market. The agency was
beginning an airlift of 25,000 blankets on Friday from its stocks in Copenhagen. A further 75,000 blankets, purchased from producers in the region, would be airlifted to Asmara next week, along with 25,000 jerry cans and 5,000 units of plastic sheeting. Twelve heavy vehicles, including six water tankers and six tipper trucks, would be airlifted to Asmara next
week. The UNHCR had already provided the Eritrean Relief and Refugee Commission (ERREC) with trucks to deliver aid to the displaced.
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