BRUSSELS, May 13 (Reuter) - The European Commission said on Monday it was ready to provide emergency aid to Liberian war refugees and called for an end to the odyssey of a freighter crammed with people who fled fighting in Monrovia last week. "I am deeply shocked at the sight of thousands of helpless and hopeless civilians who are being sent from one port to another, and denied the right to proper refuge and assistance," Emma Bonino, the EU's humanitarian affairs commissioner, said in a statement. The Commission called on the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to step up efforts to work with governments to find a refuge in the region. The Nigerian vessel Bulk Challenge, carrying some 4,000 passengers, has been searching unsuccessfully for a country that will allow it to land them. The Commission said its European Community Humanitarian Office would provide emergency assistance to refugees and money for the few humanitarian agencies still operating i

n Liberia. It did not say how much it would give.