The European Union is to give humanitarian aid worth nearly euros 2 million to East Timorese refugees still living in camps in Indonesian West Timor, it was announced Tuesday in Brussels.

The assistance includes food aid for the severely malnourished and supplementary feeding for nearly 10,000 children and 1,700 pregnant or breast feeding women.

Water will also be distributed to more than 26,000 refugee sites and 5,000 families – including refugees and vulnerable locals – will receive plastic sheeting, hygiene kits and children's clothing.

The euros 1.9 million aid funds, released by the European Commission, will also be used by the UN refugee agency to help the voluntary return of Timorese refugees in other parts of Indonesia and for family reunifications.