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Without question, several -.housand refugees ..n Afric
u:ently need 1i4e-support .. "oreassistance. many Usan.s
requi-e suppl.men-.a.- help, ra.g..., fro= educat.on and
lodging to "settlementaloa.s. Even =ore are now reasonably
absorbed (assimilated), but with the shifting tides of
African -Olit cs' t,y - may again som day require atent.4on
(see Appendix C) Regardless of .c_'itical fact-rs n:ol:ed
in the st.atus cf var-i'-uso gtors .s, . each ah zere -n are -ar-e
n=bers of .nnccent :i:tims who !eser:e *e . .
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huma-i.rlan
-nds.
Most host coun"tres in Scuther. Cenra: an
Eastern
Africa require some degree of assistance ;n deali_-n with
-efugee problems. This may rane fro- f=nancia: and Prsgra.support
to .a.ageria_ training and a-'ce Sevzeral co-.-rles
require broad assistance to stre:gthen ..er :--"--...
and physica. ras--ct-.;re t- -ce " --.. -.-­
needs, wh-oh are .ein exacera--ted ,:t.e =.esence cff refuees.
others require addi-inal i.sion "- -; e ass.staine t
build rese--'es _.n a.nzici. a--ia.- '4 .=ss-2.enew * -.'a:es
refugees. Care shou. be .a'en, hcwever, "hat refue acii.t-es
are not developed to such a level of ccmor-t that they, -. n thesselves,
attract even .morerefugees.
The UNECR, wit-h contributions from the USG and others, 4s
doing a reasonably good job in most cou.t-ries providing life mai.ntenance
and should continue to be solidly supported by the Gcv!.rnment.
PVOs, for the .mostpart., are ef!ectioe cperatnq .ns::.ments
for delivering refugee se-vices. The World Bank, 7N and ther ir­
ternational organizations are providing assistance and c-ns-derable
capital to the most needy countries, as are many of the developed
countries of Western Europe and :orth America, including the USG.
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