Our aid is not for governments. but for starving people who often have little or no influence on the political realities that now threaten to consume them. Second. H.R. 1096 contains $37.5 million in refugee assistance. Many African countries are doing what they can in providing assistance to the evergrowing refugee population. Yet. one need only consider the crisis situation in the Sudan to appreciate the tremendous burden being assumed by host countries in responding to the massive migration taking place on the African Continent. Of the $37.5 million total. $20 million is made available for ICARA II projects and $17.5 million is authorized for the State Departments Bureau of Refugee Programs. Finally. H.R. 1096 recognizes that determining an appropriate amount of relief is a numbers game. and the numbers are constantly changing.
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