Only then. when they are former combatants. should they be considered for this aid. for only then could its use advance the humanitarian goals of Public Law 101215. Is this interpretation of the intent of this change correct? Both the Committee on Appropriations Foreign Operations Subcommittee and the Foreign Affairs Committee are to be commended for correcting the failure of the Bush administration to request added funds for overseas refugees. In my role on the Hunger Committee. I heard testimony earlier this year that the State Departments refugee assistance budget on a per capita basis. had declined from $20 per refugee in 1985 to about $12 per refugee in 1989. We were told that up to 225.000 children. ages 1 to 5. who are in United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees care are suffering acute malnutrition. I support the increase in the Emergency Migration and Refugee Fund on the understanding that overseas refugees. who are from the worlds poorest countries and who have a thin margin for survival. will be prime beneficiaries of increased spending from this fund. The restoration of $30 million in aid to southern Africa to compensate for funds previously taken from Africa accounts is warranted. It is satisfying to see these funds being used to aid democratic development in that region.
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