INDIA: REFUGEES FROM EAST PAKISTAN CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS BORDER.

Record ID: 274964

  • Title: INDIA: REFUGEES FROM EAST PAKISTAN CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS BORDER.
  • Date: 27th April 1971
  • Summary: 1. GV PAN BUSLOAD OF REFUGEES PASSING (2 SHOTS) 0.11 2. GV REFUGEES (3 SHOTS) 0.22 3. GV & SVs BUS UNLOADED PAN TO CROWDS OF REFUGEES (4 SHOTS) 0.43 4. TV PAN TENTS AND QUEUES IN FRONT OF FOOD DISTRIBUTING CENTRE (2 SHOTS) 0.58 5. SV & MV REFUGEES AROUND CAMP (3 SHOTS) 1.15 6. MV PAN& CU REFUGEES QUEUING FOR FOOD (3 SHOTS) 1.33
  • Embargoed: 12th May 1971 13:00
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  • Location: PETRAPOLE & BOIRA, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Reuters ID: LVADAB2GQSH8U2UBSGTEJR6CNB35
  • Story Text: MORE THAN HALF A MILLION REFUGEES HAVE CROSSED INTO WEST BENGAL FROM EAST PAKISTAN SINCE THE ARMY MOVED AGAINST THE SECESSIONIST MOVEMENT THERE A MONTH AGO. AND THEY CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS THE BORDER, HEADING FOR THE REFUGEE CAMPS. VISNEWS CAMERAMAN DURGADAS CHATTERJI WAS AT THE CAMP IN PETRAPOLE LAST MONDAY (26 APRIL), JUST ACROSS THE BORDER, WHEN A NEW BUSLOAD OF EAST PAKISTANI FAMILIES ARRIVED. THE REFUGEES ARE FED AND SHELTERED...BUT THEIR INCREASING NUMBERS ARE PLACING A BURDEN ON LOCAL RESOURCES. THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE ASKED FOR AN EXTRA 625,000 TONS OF RICE TO MEET THE EMERGENCY.
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