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:z. OVERV:Ew (StMARY)
Political, civil and t-ribal strife in certain troubled
countries Of Southern, Central and -astern Africa has, in
recent years, caused hundreds of thousands of Africans to
seek refuge in neighboring countries. Breeding spots include
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola, Vqanda and
Ethiopia. Havens include Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland,
Mozam:I.ue, Zambia, :aire, Kenya, Sudan and D:ibou-i.
Estimates of the tota: magnitude of :he refugee population
in t.his part of the zcntinent range fro" a quarter to
a full million persons. This spread in sta..stics results
from the applicatio,. of dif-ferent criteria and definitions
as to who indeed is a refuge*. The UN defines a refugee
as any person who has been forced to flee his country becaus,;
of race, religion or political belief. There are those,
however, who exclude Libe:ation Moveent .eibers who have
chosen to go abroad for tralning as "Freedom Fighters."
Others add "educational refugeeij" who leave 'but may return
to) South Artca because they prefer ncn-saparthed u--Urricula
in nelgnboring countres; potentia "dcmestc refugees" such
as 200,000 Lesotho miners who may lose their 4obs in South
African manes and become social burdens in theiz own society;
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and =instant refugees like 700 ethnic Swazi who are residents
in South Africa but study in Swazi schoo's. Statistics
on refugee populations in each country are referred to
in Sect'-on :z1 and summarized in Appendix C of this report.
Great diversity is found in the composition of refugee
groups coming out of the trouble spots of Africa. Ssnce tte
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