Mr. President. an article in the November 13. 1981 Washington Post details the horrors of Ugandan refugees fleeing their country by the thousands and desperately seeking sanctuary in Zaire and Sudan. This is the aftermath of Idi Amins genocidal activities. a continuing tragedy and a nightmare from which the survivors are still seeking relief. Thousands of soldiers from Amins defeated Army. as well as defectors who fought as mercenaries with the Tanzanian invasion forces. now roam the dense forests where Uganda. Zaire. and Sudan converge. Apparently still wellarmed. the guerrillas ambush security forces and terrorize the local population as well as the hundreds of thousands of refugees who fled during and after Amins reign of terror. The guerrillas have virtually depopulated wide areas of the West Nile Province. home of the Kakwa ethnic group to which Amin belonged. Refugee officials say that Arua. just inside Uganda. has been completely destroyed. Government officials in Sudan and Zaire are apprehensive about the effects of the refugee influx on their strained economies. and fear disruption of a precarious political and social stability. An estimated 185.000 refugees have arrived in the region around the Zairian border town of Aru since April. 1979. Since June. 1981 45.000 have arrived in the aftermath of increased attacks in the northwest region of Uganda. At least 250.000 refugees have fled to southern Sudan. a country already harbor:ng an equal number of Eritrean refugees from Ethiopia. Refugee camps are overcrowded. diseases have broken out. and food and medical supplies are scarce. Mr. President. the effects of Idi Amins reign of terror did not end with his Armys defeat or with his escape from Uganda.
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