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Internal Refugees Create New Crisis // `Disposable People' Search in Vain for Relief
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WASHINGTON Millions of frightened and largely forgotten people -
uprooted by war, forced to flee famine and flood, made homeless by
economic and political upheaval - are moving across the global
landscape, creating a new crisis for the post-Cold War world.
No corner of the world is exempt. In the 1990s, the migrants -
the "internally displaced" - can be found in European capitals,
remote African villages, Asian industrial sites and the mountains of
Latin America.
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30 million are `refugees' in their own countries
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REFUGEES IN AFRICA AT CRITICAL MASS
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Waves of Refugees.(Statistical Data Included)
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; People are moving, but not because they want to. Millions of displaced people fleeing political and religious persecution are swamping efforts to help them survive their living nightmares. The numbers are staggering and fail to express the depth of human misery they represent. Some 3.6 million
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