I have been told. however. by my friends on the other side of the aisle that my amendment Is not acceptable at this time. Several reasons have been given. foremost among them that it will unduly delay enactment of the trafficking bill. because the other body has essentially closed up shop for the year. But as my colleagues know we have another problemvictims of sexual exploitation and abuse who are not traffickedsuch as those who are forced to seek sanctuary in refugee or internally displaced camps. The trafficking bill deals with people who are trafficked from those camps. But it does not address the need to protect those left behind. Last May. I visited a refugee camp in Chad where nearly 30.000 refugees from Darfur had settled. I have seen and heard the problems they are facing first hand. Over the last 2 years. civilians have been targeted by Khartoum in one of the most horrific genocides the world has ever seen.
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