EAST TIMOR: REFUGEES RETURN TO DILI AFTER WEEKS IN HIDING.

Record ID: 274762

  • Title: EAST TIMOR: REFUGEES RETURN TO DILI AFTER WEEKS IN HIDING.
  • Date: 28th September 1999
  • Summary: DILI, EAST TIMOR/OUTSKIRTS OF DILI, EAST TIMOR (SEPTEMBER 28, 1999) (REUTERS) 1. MV/GV: PEOPLE WALKING (4 SHOTS) 0.37 2. GV/MV/CU: REFUGEES COOKING FOOD (11 SHOTS) 1.25 3. MV/TV: REFUGEES WITH U.N. SOLDIERS (2 SHOTS) 1.40 4. TV/GV: REFUGEES IN CARS (4 SHOTS) 2.15 5. GV: REFUGEES WALKING (2 SHOTS) 2.40 6. CU: SOUNDBITE (Eng
  • Embargoed: 13th October 1999 13:00
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  • Location: DILI, EAST TIMOR
  • Country: Indonesia
  • Reuters ID: LVA5EJ3JZ0T0FA3QYD5UYL7WIQGI
  • Story Text: Thousands of refugees have returnd to the Timorese
    capital Dili after weeks in hiding.

    Thousands of pro-indpendence refugees are continuing
    to return to the capital Dili, as the UN force slowly restores
    stability to the burnt out city.

    Hundreds of thousands of refugees are believed to have
    fled to the hilly interior of East Timor, surviving on local
    plants and small animals for food.

    Although the UN has found few cases of starvation, most
    are without clean water, shelter or medical facilities, and
    are feared to be at risk when the rainy season begins in October.

    Reuniting families will also rpove to be difficult,
    after reports that thousands were forcibly sent to West Timor
    by Indonesian backed pro-Jakarta militias.

    "My house is destroyed by Militias and I dont know about
    my parents, where they are right now", said one refugee making
    his way back to the capital Dili.


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