UNHCR then announced assistance to approximately 25,000 people, or 5,000 families. This described assistance underway at that date, not a census of all refugees or a final count of people affected.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ later report documents damage and an assessment with the Algerian Red Crescent. It identifies needs for food, shelter and hygiene supplies. Camps named after cities in the Moroccan Sahara are located in Algeria and must not be confused with those cities.