<div><div>The mass and rapid return of up to 70,000 ethnic Uzbek refugees to Kyrgyzstan from Uzbekistan has brought a new set of challenges for the Red Cross Red Crescent. Up to 300,000 people left their homes earlier this month in the wake of inter-ethnic clashes that left hundreds of people dead and thousands more wounded, mainly in and around Osh, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan.</div></div><div><br></div><div>The text begins on page 2 of the document.</div>
IFRC: Mass return of refugees poses huge challenges to Red Cross Red Crescent response in central Asia
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news article
Year
2010
The mass and rapid return of up to 70,000 ethnic Uzbek refugees to Kyrgyzstan from Uzbekistan has brought a new set of challenges for the Red Cross Red Crescent. Up to 300,000 people left their homes earlier this month in the wake of inter-ethnic clashes that left hundreds of people dead and thousands more wounded, mainly in and around Osh, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan.

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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. "Mass return of refugees poses huge challenges to Red Cross Red Crescent response in central Asia." Press release. June 28, 2010, accessed March 17, 2013. http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/press-releases/europe/kyrgyzstan/mass-return-of-refugees-poses-huge-challenges-to-red-cross-red-crescent-response-in-central-asia/.
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
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Kyrgyzstan
Language
English
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