(25 Nov 1999) Russian/Nat
The refugee crisis sparked by Russia's onslaught against separatist Chechen fighters continues.
Thousands of displaced Chechen civilians are pouring into neighbouring Ingushetia - hundreds more are being detained by Russian security police at the border.
Hundreds of winter tents are being set up along the frontier to accommodate those fleeing the fighting, but aid agencies say they are struggling to cope.
There was no end in sight to Ingushetia's refugee crisis on Thursday.
Thousands of Chechens continued to pour into the tiny Caucasian republic.
The commander of the Russian Border Guards in Ingushetia, said more than 2- thousand-230 had arrived in Ingushetia on Wednesday.
Similar totals were expected later on in the week.
In Moscow, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (U-N-H-C- R) said it had delivered 200 winter tents to camps in Ingushetia.
But aid agencies are still struggled to keep up with the flow of Chechens fleeing the conflict.
At Sleptsovskya camp, near the Ingush-Chechen border, there was growing evidence of the mounting difficulties facing refugees.
This refugee says that children above all are the ones suffering.
SOUNDBITE: (Russian)
"These children are dying of hunger without bread, they are crying from hunger. We (grown-ups) don't eat ourselves. I am fed up with their crying. We are going crazy. We are getting really crazy.
SUPER CAPTION: Zarema Takalova, refugee from Urus-Martan
In Oslo, the chairman of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, (O-S- C-E) Norwegian foreign minister Knut Vollebaek, confirmed he was travelling to Moscow next Monday.
Vollebaek plans to meet his Russian counterpart Igor Ivanov before travelling to the Caucasus to see the refugee crisis himself.
Meanwhile, Russian police and security service agents have been detaining an increasing numbers of people at the Ingushetia border.
According to refugees, they detain people for not having a proper passport picture, sharing the same last name as a Chechen field commander or having proof that their cars are in good condition.
Border officials said they were screening out those who are wanted criminals or who are suspected of having taken part in fighting against Russian forces.
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