More than 5,000 have arrived in the past 24 hours, and they report that others are on their way. The agency does not, however, work inside the republic of Chechnya itself. Most of the newly displaced families from Chechnya have found shelter with friends and relatives, but others are in collective centers. Others are living in tents around Sernovodsk. These family food parcels some 300 metric tonnes of food, sufficient to cover the needs of at least 20,000 people for one month include flour, sugar, tea, oil, rice, and milk powder.
Aid is distributed both in tent camps and to displaced people living with families.
Field staff say that displaced families arriving in Ingushetia and Daghestan are exhausted and obviously suffering from the trauma of recent fighting. Many report looting of their possessions by soldiers en route.