Mr. Speaker. the U.S. Committee for Refugees. a private organization that works to educate the American public about world refugees issues. recently issued its "World Refugee Survey: 1988 in Review." The report notes that the number of people displaced from one country to another climbed from 13.3 million in 1987 to 14.4 million in 1989a nearly 10percent rise in just 1 year. The Horn of Africa alone produced half a million refugees. The survey reports that 350.000 civilians fled violence in northern Somalia to. of all places. Ethiopia. another 150.000 southern Sudanese fled to Ethiopia. escaping civil war and joining 200.000 similar refugees in Ethiopia. I am particularly impressed with the committees work on the tragic famine in Sudan. in which as many as 500.000 innocent civilians died last year. The committees director.
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