(25 Sep 2000) Indonesian/Nat
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Refugees in West Timor say they are in desperate need of food and medicine, almost three weeks after the murders of three U-N workers brought a halt in the delivery of aid to the ramshackle camps near the border with East Timor.
This camp in West Timor is about three kilometres from the border with the East.
There are about 600 people here, mostly women, children and the elderly.
Aid agencies say they're too afraid of further violence to continue their missions and there are concerns that a humanitarian disaster is looming.
Pro-Jakarta militias, who have been blamed for widespread violence and intimidation in the camps, have started to hand in weapons in a move the government hopes will convince the world it is dealing with the problem.
There was no sign of any militia activity there when A-P-T-N was filming.
But these refugees say they are too frightened to return to East Timor because they believe there is no guarantee of security there.
SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian)
"Our life is difficult. We don't have money to buy food or vegetables, we don't have sandals, and so we can't send my kids to school."
SUPER CAPTION: Leonora Dos Santos, Refugee
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