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Refugee influx expected

    JOHANNESBURG

    The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said at the weekend that continuing clashes on the Angolan side of the Cuando Cubango river between the rebel UNITA movement and the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) may trigger a new influx of Angolan refugees into Zambian territory.

    IOM said since the beginning of March until Sunday it had transported up to 4,597 refugees from the border area of Sinjembela to a new camp located inland at Nangweshi. It said before March the UNHCR had transported about 2,100 Angolan refugees away from the border area, bringing the total of refugees transported inland away from the border to about 6,697.

    IOM added that there are still about 3,000 Angolan refugees camped at the border area, and it hoped to increase the numbers it transports as the rains subside.

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