Location, location, location

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Location, location, location
Posted By CXW On 28th July 2005 @ 06:10

Quick update on what's happening to the 455 Uzbek refugees in southern Kyrgyzstan who have been the subject of international debate for the last few weeks:

Yesterday it was reported that they were being moved to Bishkek, where they would be held in special camps prior to relocation in a then-unnamed third country.

It was then was announced that the refugees would be flown to Romania, although it remained unconfirmed that this was their final destination for "security reasons", according the Moscow Times, with Canada cited as a possible host country, or Ukraine or the Czech Republic. RIA Novosti, for example, carried a report that negotiations were underway for Canada to take them in.

Later Ferghana.ru carried a report that it has apparently been confirmed that Canada would take the refugees, and that they will depart Kyrgyzstan later today.

Uzbekistan continues to maintain that the refugees have ties to Islamic extremist groups and should be repatriated.

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