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B. Lesotho
Lesotho has been a t-raditlonal haven of refuSe. It was
settled between the 16th a.d l9th century by people f.lenq
from tribal wars in surrounding reqions. :ith this neritaqe,
the Sasothc 1 people are relatively tolerant of today's
refugees from South Africa (map attached).
However, the Basotho also i.herited a poor tauntaincus
red wit-h rescurcts '-a:ely sufficient to orovide basic
s-"5sis.ence for its peope, :et aicne reller for newcme--rs.
To make matters worse, iasotho is s-.-rroar.ded by, a:nd heavily
depende:n on, South Africa, whi.ch cculd, i! it ce, a:ply
.. tc.e:at.e eccncc-c a.nd political pzessu:es. href-e,
its potential protlems are even =o-e ser.'o-.. thar, its c,':roniO
Cnus, bCe "hev ro144 -n the coneral ~c~cr : specific
refugee needs.
There are o.nly about 150 reqis,'rad pc1 .-..­ cal refugees
esctho ,see AFppendix C), bu- an addiutcni 1-2,000
.o'-callod "educat--onal" ref..ucs choC e to sv.%dy %.ere
rat.ne: tean n '-':ant ed'cation svst m of " e epiublic of
Sout! Az~ca. A.. iven =c-e str-.ous t.hreat ' icms or.nthe
hori:zn; -ress r-.=rs indicate that South Af-ica may *:roibit
the *s.e o L:esotno labor in its mines. 4 implemented, the
ban would mean that more than 200,0GO Lesothc mi:ne workers
and their dependents (totaling o.e-quarter Of Lesotho's
porun.3:ion) wojla :e th own on th" local economy and in
effect "e.-.ome "domestic" refugees.
1. Citizens of Lesot-ho, in mass, are called Bosothans.
As individuals, they are called .asothan.
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