91. The president of the Security Council, Ibrahim Gambari of Nigeria, issued a statement saying it was against international standards to send refugees back to a war zone. 92. The Thai government has said it wants to send the refugees back as soon as the current Burmese military campaign against ethnic rebels ends. 93. The strikes on Kandahar sent refugees fleeing for the Pakistani border. 94. The United States, the European Union, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and prominent human rights groups have urged Thailand to stop sending the refugees back. 95. The turmoil sent refugees into Italy, Greece and elsewhere in Europe. 96. The United States warned Serbia on Monday that a new conflict could erupt in Kosovo if the refugees were sent there. 97. They rented the farm to use as a final rest stop before sending the refugees west. 98. They said the refugees might be sent onward to the United States, but no American officials were immediately available to confirm this account. 99. They can hamper efforts to send refugees home, one of the main provisions of the Dayton agreement. 100. UNHCR and World Food Program officials also claimed that Iran was sending Afghan refugees home. |