President. every so often an article appears of such compelling content that it merits the special attention of Members. Such an article recently appeared in the European edition of the Wall Street Journal. The article is titled "Ethiopia: Africas Killing Fields" and it describes the results of a survey of refugees who recently fled from Ethiopia to Sudan. The conclusion drawn from these interviews suggests that the Ethiopian Governments program of forced resettlement of the population of Tigre and Wollo Provinces may be resulting in thousands of deaths. Although the survey conducted by the Boston based group Cultural Survival was small. the stories all had a chilling consistency. According to escapee reports. Ethiopian soldiers forced residents of Tigre and Wollo at gunpoint to special transfer centers. Denied food for several days in an apparent ittempt to weaken them. the refugees were packed like animals into helicopters for the Journey to their new homes in southern Ethiopia. Nearly every escapee reported witnessing deaths cn route to the resettlement areas. Once having arrived. their new homes resembled nothing so much as concentration camps.
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