Brussels- The security situation in Georgia is improving by the day, but international aid workers still have no access to the breakaway province of South Ossetia, European Union officials said Wednesday.

Latest EU estimates put the number of refugees and people internally displaced by the conflict with Russia at 124,000. They are currently being hosted in 672 Georgian refugee centres.

Swedish aid arrived in Tbilisi on Wednesday morning, along with shelter equipment from Austria. France also made a Dash aircraft available for the delivery of aid, officials in Brussels said.

"The security situation is improving day by day," a European Commission spokeswoman said, adding that the EU executive wanted to see humanitarian workers being granted access to South Ossetia "as soon as possible."

Developments in Georgia were being discussed on Wednesday by the European Parliament, in a debate also attended by the country's foreign minister, Eka Tkeshelashvili. (dpa)