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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)354 final
Brussels,4thJune1982
COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
onemergencyaidforrefugees,displacedpersonsandpersonsaffec­
tedbyeventsinSouth-East Asia,Afghanistan,CentralAmericaand
Angola
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Emergency situations created bycurrent internal or
external conflicts today affect about 4.500.000 people directly ^.
Events inAfghanistan ,South-East Asia ,Central America ,Southern
Africa andtheHorn ofAfrica aremainly responsible forthepresent
continuing flow ofrefugees anddisplaced persons .These victims .of
current troubles ,towhom must beadded those affected bythesame
events inthehost countries orregions ,areamong themost deprived
ontheplanet ,asthey arealmost totally dependent onexternal aid
forallaspects oftheir survival (food ,health ,clothing ,shelter ,
etc ••.)•
Theworsening situation ofthese sectors ofthepopulation
explains theurgent -requests forCommunity aidmade recently tothe
Commission bytheSecretary-General oftheUnited Nations ,theUnited
Nations High Commissioner forRefugees ,theInternational RedCross
Committee andcertain non-governmental organizations .
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TheCommunity hasalways been mindful ofthese categories
ofthepopulation inthepast ,,andhassometimes been thefirst to
take action onalarge scale .Theneed tocontinue providing them
with humanitarian aidisrecognised both bytheCouncil andthe
European Parliament .
Outofatotal number ofabout 10million refugees ,whodonot
allneed thesame type ofassistance .

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The Commission considers therefore that the Commission
should give afavourable response tothese newrequests under the
special programme forthecampaign against worldhunger .Thefollowing
will benefit from theassistance tobeprovided :
-refugees ,displaced persons andpersons affected byevents in
South-East Asia ;
-Afghan refugees inPakistan ; :
-refugees ,displaced persons andpersons affected byevents
inCentral America ;'
-refugees ,displaced persons andpersons affected byevents
inAngola .
.The emergency aids which theCommission intends to
provide totheabove categories ofpeople amount inall to35million
ECU Toget abetter idea ofthescale ofthis assistance ,it
should beborne inmind that theCommunity isoroviding thesame groups
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ofrefugees anddisplaced persons with 29million ECUworth oftooa
aid this year .With these emergency andfood aids ,theCommunity
will help ,in1982 ,tosave atleast 3.200,000 people ,this being the
number o*beneficiaries oftheassistance programmes submitted so
farbyhumanitarian organizations .Thenecessary budgetary decisions
2)
(replenishment ofArticle 950ofthebudget via amending and
supplementary budget n°1/82)must betaken asquickly aspossible ,
asthelives ofcex'tain groups ofpeople depend onthem .
(1)Theoperations covered bythis programme donotconcern refugees
inthe Horn ofAfrica .This does not mean that their situation
isless serious ,but there are still funds available for this
purpose under theLome Convention ,with which theCommission
can provide assistance whenever necessary .
(2)Aid todisaster victims indeveloping andother non-member
countries .

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I.Refugees ,displaced persons andpersons affeetecbyevents in
South -I:.asr . j_o .
Asaresult :oftheGenev ?Conference inJuly 1979 ,which provided
consider .able opportunities forresettlement inother countries ,
lasting solutions were found foralarge nunber ofpeople -ceir .po-
rarj.ly taken inbyThailand andother initial host countries ,in
theregion .However ,refugees arecontinuing toflee tothese
countries (100,000 newarrivals in1931 );inspits ofdepartures
topermanent host countries (some 120,000 thesaraeyear "),there
are still 343 .000 .people dependent onintemotional assistance .
.More than half ofthem (186.000 )aireinThailand ,andtheothers
arespread over about ten .countries in .theregion ,notably the
Philippines ,Indonesia ,Malaysia ,China andHong Kong .
Inaddition tothese refugees there are203,000 displaced Khmers
attheThai border ,while afurther 80.000 Thai villagers have
been affected byrefugee Movements inthearea .
According toinformation provided bythemain organizations
helping these people ,theneeds for1982 amount to144million
ECU ,which can.be broken down asfollows :
Basicfood ......... ..ot.oo.oo.o.ov...... 73 f2
Supplemen.tary food .......
SllSltSJT a«c.eoeo«n««*o4«9«oee»o«c»c>9«ee »**
Lcgis tics
Social services
Tools ,seeds
Dômes tic \Atenus ils73,2
3,8
5.7
7,1
4,0
2.8
9,3
5,3
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Self-sufficiency measures
Water supply andsanitation
Administrative expenses
Prior medical attention and costs of
transport topermanent host country
Unspecified expenditure .„9,0
10,02,0
2,2
9,8
144,2
Sofar these needs have been covered tothe tune of101,6 million
ECU asfollows :
-funds made available viaUNHCR :65million ECU ,ofwhich
22,2 million ECU intheform ofaidfrom theUnited States
and5,5million ECU incontributions from theMember States ,
calculated inproportion totheir participation inthetotal
budget (seetable attached ):
-funds made available viaWFP :32,1 million ECU ;
-funds made available viaICRC :4,5million ECU (ofwhich
206,000 ECUprovided bytheMember States ).
Requirements amounting to43million ECUstill have tobecovered ,
including 20,4 million ECU incash .
TheCommission considers that theCommunity should provide
emergency aidof10million ECU .Inaddition tothis effort ,
12.000 tonnes ofcereals have been provided asfood aidunder
the1982 programme ,amounting toabout 1.800.000 ECU .

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II.Afghan refugees inPakistan
Thehighest concentration ofrefugees intheworld istobe
found inPakistan :Afghans whohave sought asylum inthis -
country nownumber 2.200,000 (UNHCR figure ),anincrease of
500.000 compared with February 1981 .
Thecamps have reception facilities andthesupply ofprovisions
andequipment iswell organized .These supplies must beconti­
nuedwi^Dut abreak iftherefugees aretosurvive .Anylet-up
inthese supplies would beaserious threat totheir existence .
ThePakistan Government ismaking considerable efforts tohelp
therefugees ,butcannot cope with thesituation single-handed ..
Theinternational community must therefore continue tohelp the
Government meet these needs .
Theneeds can'beputat205,4 million ECU ,broken down as
follows : 1
Basic food 131,2
Supplementary food 9,1
Storage facilities 1,4
Shelter 10,0
Health 8,9
Clothing ,kitchen utensils ,
blankets ,etc * 16,6
Agriculture ,stock-rearing 4,5
Water supply 4,6

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Self-sufficiency (including education
andtraining ) .
Vehicles ,transport ofrefugees
Administrative expenses
Unspecified expenditure3.2
0,2
2.3
13,4
205,4
Requirements totalling 140,5 million ECUarecovered ,
49million ECUofwhich through UNHCR (contributions of
24,2 million ECU from the United .States and 4,2million ECU
from theMember States (seeattached table ))and91,5 million
ECU through theWorld Food Programme .Requ.ireari.ents totalling
55million ECU therefore still have tobemet ,including 25,3
million ECU incash .
TheCommission considers that anemergency aid of .10million ECU
would beappropriate ,inaddition tothefood aidrecently decided
(50.000 tonnes ofcereals under the1982 programme ,worth 12
million ECU )and'planned (25.000 tonnes ofcereals viaWFPand
3.000 tonnes ofmilk powder ,worth atotal of9P4million ECU).
III .Refugees ,displaced persons andpersons affected byevents in
Central America .
InCentral America theupheavals ofthelast fewyears have led
toaconsiderable increase inthenumber ofrefugees ,mainly
Salvadorians (the intensification oftheconflict there has caused
atleast 100.000 people toflee inthelast fifteen months ),but
also Guatemalans andNicaraguans .There aremore than 300.000 in
all ,some 60.000 ofwhom arereceiving assistance from UNHCR .

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Apartfromtherefugees,therehavebeensignificantpopulation
movementswithincertaincountries ,andthereareatleast
200.000displacedpersonsintheregion.
Theminimumneeds ,for1982-i.e.theneedsofthe238.000
beneficiaries oftheassistanceprogrammesnotifiedtotheCommission
todate-amountto51millionECU.
Food ............ 19,9
Shelter 3,4
Health. 3.9
Internaltransport 4,4
Socialservices.............................. 0,5
Agriculture 1,7
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Domesticuteris!Is 3,7
Self-sufficiency measures 0,5
Watersupply 1,3
Administrative expenses 3,2
Other J................. .0,8
Unspecifiedexpenditure...................... 7,2
50,5
Todatecontributions totalling5,1millionECUhaveceenmade,
ofwhich8millionECUviaUMHCR(2millionECUfromtheUnited
Statesand0,9millionECUfromtheMemberStates~seeattached
table)and1,1millionECUviatheICRC,
Atotalof41millionECUstillhastobefound,ofwhich18,3
millionECUincash.
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TheCcmmissi.onWhereforeconsidersup.atsixemergencyaidof1C
millionECUwouldbeappropriate ,whichwouldbeinkeepingwith
thespiritoftheEuropeanCouncil'srecentdecision ,concerning
CentralAmerica,inadditiontothefoodaidalreadydecidedon
(5.000tonnesofcereals,500tonnesofmilkpowder,400urines
ofb«s3Jis200tcv)?.?offcutte^oix ,worclvin&JLiono.J.i^on
ECU)a.'"vlanyo'iberf'-od.s.idwbi.hTfJ.gn.ir .stillbeaecioledonin±s32.

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IV .Refugees ,displaced persons andpersons affected byevents
inAngola .
Asaresult ofevents inNamibia andZaire ,Angola now has
some 93.000 refugees onitsterritory ,more than half ofthem
Namibians .Moreover ,other events ,thelatest being theSouth
African incursion inAugust 1981 ,have led towidespread popu­
lation movements within thecountry :there arecurrently thought
tobe400.000 displaced persons inAngola .
Theminimum needs -i.e. those corresponding tothenumber of
beneficiaries (1,63.000 )ofassistance programmes currently
known tothe Commission -are asfollows :
Basic food ... 10.8
Shelter ................. 1,7
Health ................................ 3,3
Xnt "turbjisidoit t Sf3
Social services I 1,0
Agriculture 0,7
Domestic utensils 0,3
Water supply 0,1
Administrative expenses ................ 2,4
Unspecified expenditure 3,5
30,8
Anamount ofsome 18million ECU has been found towards this
total ,ofwhich 3,7million ECUhasbeen made available via
UNHCR 'sordinary budget (Member States' contribution :
347.000 ECU -seeattached table ),about 4,5million ECU
via WFP and 10 1million ECU via ICRC (ofwhich 115.000 ECU
from the Member States ).
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About 13million ECUaretherefore still needed ,ofwhich
8million ECU incash .
TheCommission therefore feels that anemergency aidof5million
ECUwould beappropriate ,inaddition tothefood aidof5.845
tonnes cfcereals ,700tonnes ofbutteroil and350tonnes of -
milk powder (total value 2,9million ECU )provided forunder _
the1982 programme .
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ANNEX
Financial contributions from the Member States
towards UNHCR 's1982 requirements
ECU
South-East
A£iaCentral
AmericaPakistan Angola
Belgium 125.480 20.833 93.750: (5)7.812
Denmark 1.338.371 (1) 223.062 280.094 (4) 83.648
France 214.956 35.826 161.217 13.435 (6>
Germany 844.308 140.718 633.231 52.769
Greece 19.200 3.200 14.400 1.200
Ireland - - - -
Italy- - - -
Luxembourg 2.031 339
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238.6181.524 127
Netherlands 1.431.711 1.073.783 89.482
United Kingdom(2)1.573.631 72.519 (3)1.180.223 98.352
Total 5.549.688
' r735.115 3.438.222 346.825
(1)plus aspecific contribution toICRC of73.500 ECU
(2)plus aspecific contribution toICRC of132.000 ECU
(3)plus aspecific contribution toUNHCR of189.753 ECU
(4)plus aspecific contribution toUNHCR of723.684 ECU
(5)plus aspecific contribution toICRC of40.000 ECU
(6)plus aspecific contribution toICRC of75.000 ECU