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NIGERIA

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UNHCR: 37TH EXCUM GENEVA 6-16 OCTOBER 1996

1. PLEASE REFER TO PRIESTLEY'S LETTER OF 30 JULY TO JOHN MARTIN.

2. LAGOS OFFICE OF UNHCR HAVE PRODUCED SUMMARY OF PRESENT OPERATIONS, COPIED TO YOU BY BAG OF 28 AUGUST. MAIN POINTS

TO NOTE FOR BRIEFING ARE

(A) NUMBERS SLIGHTLY UP FROM 1935 FROM 4700 TO 5031. THIS INCLUDES SOME 4000 CHADIANS LOCALLY INTERGRATED IN BORNO

STATE FOR WHOM UNHCR SERVICES ARE NOT REQUIRED. ALSO 131

NAMIBIAN STUDENTS AT NIGERIAN SCHOOLS (FUNDED BY UNHCR). THEY TECHNICALLY HAVE REFUGEE STATUS BUT I UNDERSTAND FROM UNHCR OFFICE HERE THAT THEY ARE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT IT AND

THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS OF DISCIPLINE. UNHCR ARE

IN FREQUENT CONTACT WITH ANC AND SWAPO OVER NAMIBIA AND

SOUTH AFRICAN REFUGEE CASES HEFE

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