61.   But the main Rwandan Hutu refugee group has accused Carter of being biased in favour of the Kigali regime.

62.   Thirty handicapped children who had also formed part of the refugee group have already returned to Rwanda because members of their families applied to have them brought back.

63.   While the United Nations accepts that massacres and human rights violations have occurred mainly among refugee groups, the organisation also insists that local Zairean civilians have been targetted.

64.   MSF said Bosnian Serb rebels had stopped all men in the refugee group.

65.   Opposition parties in exile and representatives of Hutu refugee groups have denounced the conditions in the jails and accused the courts of not being independent.

66.   Refugee groups have accused the ruling Conservative party of playing the race card.

67.   Refugee groups have criticised the new laws saying they will make it harder for genuine asylum seekers to apply to stay in Ireland.

68.   Refugee groups said more instances of self-harm in detention centres across the country were inevitable unless authorities acted.

69.   Refugee concern groups in Hong Kong have accused the government of using excessive violence.

70.   Refugee groups said detainees had resorted to drastic action to highlight their plight and warned that further instances of self-harm were inevitable unless authorities acted.