Aknauta
02-06-2003, 11:46 PM
washingtonpost.com
U.S. to Accept Somali Bantu Refugees
Reuters
Thursday, February 6, 2003; Page A06
The United States said yesterday it would proceed with a plan to take in as many as 12,000 Somali Bantu refugees, starting this spring, despite delays in many other U.S. refugee resettlement programs.
The Somali Bantus, descendants of slaves from Mozambique and other parts of southern Africa, have been living in camps in northeastern Kenya for most of the past decade because of the violence in Somalia.
the Bantus would be placed in extended family groups in as many as 50 cities (http://www.washingtonpost.c om/wp-dyn/articles/A31737-2003Feb5.html)
U.S. to Accept Somali Bantu Refugees
Reuters
Thursday, February 6, 2003; Page A06
The United States said yesterday it would proceed with a plan to take in as many as 12,000 Somali Bantu refugees, starting this spring, despite delays in many other U.S. refugee resettlement programs.
The Somali Bantus, descendants of slaves from Mozambique and other parts of southern Africa, have been living in camps in northeastern Kenya for most of the past decade because of the violence in Somalia.
the Bantus would be placed in extended family groups in as many as 50 cities (http://www.washingtonpost.c om/wp-dyn/articles/A31737-2003Feb5.html)