Kyrenia and Famagusta. In addition according to correspondence which I recently received from the Cyprus Minister of Finance the number of unemployed Cypriots has increased from 4.000 to 25.000 since the war and occupation began last summer. The other main economic and social problem confronting Cyprus are refugees. Current estimates of the number of refugees on the Island range from 180.000 to 200.000. These are figures of human misery for these refugees include thousands of families. uprooted from their homesand oftentimes separated. These are people homelesspennilessand in many cases starving. The bulk of the $25 million I am seeking for Cyprus would go to provide emergency medical. agricultural. and housing relief for these refugees. They are people which this Nation and the world cannot turn our backs on. My amendment calling for $25 million for Cyprus was overwhelmingly accepted by both the House and Senate last December.
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