U.N. officials and aid workers say they must give European refugee used to cappuccino and CNN a higher standard of living to maintain a sense of dignity and stability. There's white people here. Nezir Gashi's life is by no means comfortable. Every day, Gashi or one of his four children stand in line four hours for food. They haven't had a hot meal in weeks.
Water is a few hundred feet away at a communal spigot.
Still, the meager shelter and supplies are far better than those provided to Gashi's fellow refugees in Africa. Typically, African refugees sleep out in the open, or under makeshift shelters made from branches, leaves, mud or plastic sheeting provided by an aid agency. They rarely have canvas tents or prefabricated housing. Another major difference is in the type of food supplied. World Food Program officials say both Europeans and African refugees are geting about 2,100 calories per day of food rations.