Mr. President. every day our newspapers and televisions bring home the sad spectacle of millions of refugees and displaced persons on the move throughout the former Soviet Union. This massive migration threatens to exacerbate tensions and strain the fragile infrastructures of the newly independent Republics. The amendment which Senator SIMPSON and I offer today is designed to respond to these intense migration pressures. Our amendment calls for the creation of an International Migration Fund. to which the United States and other governments may contribute. to address the varied migration needs throughout the region. Protection and assistance to refugees and displaced persons is a major concern. The civil war over NagornoKarabakh has displaced thousands of civilians. Ongoing violence in that region. as well as parts of Georgia and Moldova. assure that even more refugees will be created in the weeks ahead. There is also massive internal migration within the former Soviet Union. The Soviet Union. as a matter of policy. sought to colonize the various republics by distributing ethnic Russians throughout that nation.
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