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tlitiury
Comnutdcr
Kaganu
wa
born
in
1957.
Hc
earned
aB,A,
fromKampala
College
in
1978.
Uke
Relugce
hoblcm
Rclnging.
.
.
The
invasion
hss hcightened tensionover
thc
longstending
Tlrtsircfugcc
issue,a
kcy
initant
inRwandabrclationswith
is
ncighbors
anda
security
and
eonomic
concern
for
$c
region.
Some
5m,m0
mos0y
Tirsi
refugccs
in
the regioncornpcto
with
host
counlry citizcnsfor
scarcc rpsourccs
and
arc
oftcn
a
channol
for
unrcst
across
bordcrs.Thc
invasionhaltcd
implcmcntationby
ttrc
IJN
High
Commisioner
onRefugoos
(uN}lCR)
of
a
reseulcmcntplan
in
Ugandathat
imluded
rcgisradonof
refugecs
foreither
rcpariuion
b
Rwurdaor
absorptioninto
Uguda.
Morcover,
the
conflictlus
addcd
torefugec
popthtions
in
tho
rugion,promptingrcighboring
heads
ofgarc
n
thruatcn
orpulsion
topre$urieHabyarimana
to
negothtc.
For
example,Ugandasaid
in
Octobcrthat
it
can
no
longcr
act
as a
"rofugceprisott"
andthatRwanda
hu
igmred
0reproblem
of
exilodRwandanswantingto
rctumhomc for
30
ygars.
Some
l0,m
newrefugecshsve
entcrri
Uganda
as
arosult
of
the
conflict.
KenyanPresident
Moi
spoke
out
against
illegal
alicns
as a
thrcattoKcnyan
sccurityand
reluionswith
neighboring
counuies
andthreotened
n
expel
thcrn
all.
Bunndi,
dready
host
o
some
250,000 Rwurdans,
is
strugglingto
aopc
with
an
influx
of
ncwrcfugees
$at,whilc
nurnbering
onlyslightlyover
l,m0
so
far,
is
morc
tlran
iu
limired
facilitiesandsupplies can
hurdle.l-l
:
.
.
And
Rcgional
Summitry
Bogged Dorvn
Rcgionat
ud
intcrnationalsfforts
toresolvetherefugecquestionhavegaincd
impctus
as
a
result
of thcfighting.
Bclgium---sd
latcr
France-speuheadcd
initid
attcmptsto anangeand
rnonitor
a
ccaso-firc,mediatc
Etluic
TutsiPavlKagann's
sclolarly
andrcticcnt
an
attenpl
to
hstabilizc
ttu
Hutu.domirutcd
Rwando,lu
joined
Mweveni's
gwrrillalorcg
pl@
-lo
ansune
command
ol
the
Rwondan
rebel
forccs
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