This amendment authorizes the appropriation of $24 million. This is an arbitrary. in fact. an irrational sum that bears no relationship whatsoever to the legitimate humanitarian needs of those Nicaraguans who have left Nicaragua and now live in Honduras. To see how irrational this figure is. one only needs to compare it with actual expenditures being made today by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCRJ which has a fullblown refugee assistance program for Nicaraguans living in Honduras. According to most recent counts. the UNHCR provides assistance for 19.093 Nicaraguan refugees inside Honduras. In 1983. the UNHCR budget for the Nicaraguans was $4 million: the budget in 1984 was $4.08 million. That amounts to an expenditure of $213 per Nicaraguan per year.
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