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Countries hosting refugees get inadequate aid, minister says

    NAIROBI

    Tanzanian Foreign Minister Jakaya Kikwete has complained that countries hosting refugees do not receive enough assistance. Tanzanian radio quoted him as saying the current levels of aid were insufficient to offset costs and losses incurred by the host countries. "Due to meagre aid given, refugees live in misery, while the host countries suffer and are blamed for the unjust treatment of refugees," he said. He urged the international community to encourage good governance in the refugees' countries of origin.

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