101. U.N. refugee officials have been meeting with officials in Pakistan and other countries bordering Afghanistan to set up makeshift camps to receive new refugees. 102. U.N. refugee officials were keeping a watchful eye Monday on Central Asian borders, wary of a possibly huge influx following the Taliban takeover in northern Afghanistan. 103. U.N. refugee agency official Kris Janowski said in Geneva that the fighting had trapped hundreds of thousands of people in their homes without water, electricity and food. 104. U.N. refugee officials confirmed that figure on Friday, but said many people were returning to Iraq. 105. U.N. refugee officials in Botswana have recommended that the Namibians not be handed over for fear of persecution. 106. U.N. refugee officials said that although the Yugoslav army had agreed to let the refugees through, the KLA guerrillas inexplicably prevented the people from leaving. 107. U.N. refugee officials were assessing the damage caused by the fire that raged for three hours until it was brought under control. 108. UN refugee officials, however, have voiced concern about the fate of immigrants from Aceh to Malaysian and Indonesian authorities. 109. U.N. refugee officials are reconsidering their opposition to forced repatriation of African refugees because of changing realities on the ground. 110. U.N. refugee officials are watching Central Asian borders which could be flooded by refugees following the Taliban takeover in northern Afghanistan. |
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