The Falasha population has been reduced in the last 400 years to less than 28.000depleted by war. disease. missionary conversions. and poverty. Over the last several years. reports coming out of Ethiopia have claimed that thousands of Falasha have been forced to flee their homes. They have become pitiful refugees. living in fear of retribution from both the rebel army and the revolutionary government. Several thousand Ethiopian Jews are refugees in Sudan. Dijbouti. and other parts of Africa. These Jews among the general refugee population hide their identity for fear of antiSemitic reprisals. Some of the Falasha have reported widespread disease and starvation. Hundreds of Falasha have been killed. and there have even been reports of tribe members being sold into slavery.
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