1.   But age and language barriers prevent refugees from applying their education to the U.S. labor Market.

2.   Arafat feels he must make this demand to prevent the refugees now living in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan from scuttling any final peace.

3.   Before now, Zaire had prevented refugees from even settling on the park property even though it is open land.

4.   From their positions in the refugee camps on the border, the Hutu groups have tried to destroy the economy of Rwanda by preventing refugees from returning home.

5.   Special health examinations are necessary, the U.N. says, adding that the possible contamination of land need not prevent refugees from returning to their villages.

6.   The exodus began Friday after Zairian rebels with ties to Rwanda attacked a major refugee camp and routed Hutu militia members who had prevented refugees from returning.

7.   The exodus began on Friday after Zairian rebels with ties to Rwanda attacked a major refugee camp and routed Hutu militia members who had prevented refugees from returning.

8.   The slow traffic through official crossing points heightened fears that Yugoslav forces were preventing refugees from leaving Kosovo.

9.   The sudden exodus of refugees began after Zairian rebels routed ethnic Hutu militias that had prevented the refugees from returning home for nearly two years.

10.   The UN High Commissioner of Refugees reported Monday refugees were being prevented from fleeing across border by rebels.