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Article: Perspective: Chad is on the brink of disaster; Jane Beesley, Oxfam Communications Officer, reports on a trip to the Sudanese border in Eastern Chad.(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2004
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Byline: Jane Beesley
You can't escape the electionfuelled talk of refugees and asylum seekers. What we don't hear about is why these people are coming to a strange country they don't know, leaving everything they know and love behind.
Meeting people in refugee camps in Eastern Chad, the bravery and desperation that creates refugees hit home. These people were fleeing a terrifying experience. They had abandoned their homes, their possessions and their ...