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Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 02:00
Categories: 
Refugees & forced migration [2]
Issue Number: 
100 [3]
Article-Summary: 

There is an unprecedented influx into Zimbabwe of asylum seekers from the Great Lakes region, a United Nations official has said. Tapiwa Huye, the assistant programme officer at the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office, said: "The influx is unusual. The Transit Centre is full and we are looking for tents to accommodate the asylum seekers."

Category: 
Human Security [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/refugees/13378 [5]
Country: 
Zimbabwe [6]

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