Thousands of ethnic Uzbeks have fled Kyrgyzstan in the past few days to escape violence in the Central Asian republic. An official at Uzbekistan’s Emergencies Ministry told RIA Novosti on Tuesday that as many as 83,000 refugees have crossed into neighboring Uzbekistan since the outbreak of inter-ethnic clashes last Thursday. The number of refugees continues to grow.
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Thousands of ethnic Uzbeks have fled Kyrgyzstan in the past few days to escape violence in the Central Asian republic. An official at Uzbekistan’s Emergencies Ministry told RIA Novosti on Tuesday that as many as 83,000 refugees have crossed into neighboring Uzbekistan since the outbreak of inter-ethnic clashes last Thursday. The number of refugees continues to grow.
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Due the large number of refugees flowing into the country from southern Kyrgyzstan, Uzbek authorities said Monday that priority would be given to women and people with injuries.
Ongoing unrest in southern Kyrgyzstan may bring the number of refugees up to 100,000, warned special representative of the UN Secretary General Miroslav Jenca.
The violence broke out on June 10 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second largest city, and soon spread to other communities in the southern part of the Republic. Since then some 170 people have been killed and 1,700 injured, while thousands of cars have been torched and scores of businesses and shops destroyed and plundered. Pictured: ethnic Uzbek refugees crossing into Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan
The real number of victims may prove much higher, as doctors, concerned for their own safety, leave many patients unattended.
Pictured: Uzbek refugees from Osh crossing into Uzbekistan
Pictured: Uzbek refugees from Osh crossing into Uzbekistan
Thousands of people seeking refuge in neighboring Uzbekistan.
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Priority is given to children.
Uzbek special task force units helping refugees across the border.
Kyrgyzstan’s provisional government has declared a state of emergency in Osh, Jalal Abad and the surrounding regions, which are home to many ethnic Uzbeks.
Pictured: refugees from Osh near the border with Uzbekistan.
Pictured: refugees from Osh near the border with Uzbekistan.
Late last Saturday the provisional government issued a decree allowing security-related and law-enforcement personnel to shoot to kill and announced partial military mobilization starting June 13.
Pictured: ethnic Uzbek refugees from Osh, Kyrgyzstan, near the border with Uzbekistan.
Pictured: ethnic Uzbek refugees from Osh, Kyrgyzstan, near the border with Uzbekistan.
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Uzbek refugees from Osh near the border with Uzbekistan.
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Uzbek refugees from Osh near the border with Uzbekistan.
