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Wednesday, August 29, 1990 / University Daily Kansan
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Asians flee to Jordan, wait in refugee camps
The Associated Press
AMMAN, Jordan — In a crowded refugee center, Ghulam Hussain Althought about the job he lost in Kuwait and how he would support his two sons if he returned to impoverished Pakistan.
He raised his palms to Allah.
No one at the center knows what to do, said the 28-year-old former port guard. "There is no work. Too many people in Pakistan."
Each day, Asian workers fleeing Kuwait and Iraq join thousands already in the refugee centers, where Jordanian officials provide limited government to aid in repatriating the often destitute and desperate people.
"We expect an avalanche," said Sofil Ulih, the Bangladeshi consul in Abu Dhabi who came to Jordan to supervise the repatriation of Bangladesh refugees from fown home and 9,000 remained "This is the best we can do," he said.
Some officials estimate the potential Asian refugee wave could swell into the hundreds of thousands. About 250,000 foreigners, including Arabs, have fled to Jordan since the war of邻国of neighboring Kuwait on Aug. 2.
Egyptians and Sudanese are flown out from Aqaba, Jordan, but Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indianis, Indians, Lankans, Thais, Filipinos and Nepalese wait for word from their governments.
Most of the workers, who came to the Persian Gulf seeking better jobs, fined nearly penless with whatever beware they paid. There were a few shirts, a Koran, a souppoon
"No one will be allowed to stay in Jordan," he said. "We don't want to push government, but we expect it to allow us and not allow a refugee problem here."
Jordanian volunteer committees provide food, tents and basic essentials.
But a senior Jordanian official who spoke on condition of anonymity stressed that resources were limited.
— Mosharof Hussain Khan Bangladeshi refugee for Kuwait
'We have 22,000 people living here and toilets, maybe 10. You can think about that.'
"At the rate they are taking us home, it will be six months," said Mosharof Hussain Khan, a Bangladeshi refugee from Kuwait. "After six months in this place, a man will die four times."
Khan sat on a mat among other refugees in an Arman exhibition hall, forbidden to go outside because neighbors complained the refugees were begging and relieving themselves in public.
"We have 22,000 people living here, and toilets, maybe 10," Khan said. "You can think about that."
Ulah said 70,000 Bangladeshi worked in Kuwait, with another 7,000 in Iraq.
Khan and his friends assailed Bangladeshi authorities, saying a consular officer visited the refugee camp but refused to talk to anyone.
"One plane every other day - this is impossible." Mujibar Rahman
"We have extremely limited resources." Ulih said. "We wish that some friendly country or charitable organization will make available a Hercules (transport plane) or a jumbo (jet) or a ship to help us."
At a separate center, nearly 5,000 Pakistanis await flights home. More arrive than leave.
said.
Refuges sprawl listlessly on mats, wait in water lines or sit and brood. At lunchtime, they stand hours in line at the kitchen to eat a tomato and a thin slice of saffron.
"Everyone wants to do something good, but we don't know where to start," said Hish Tahil, a nurse who had been with saintation at the center.
Early on Tuesday, one Bangladeshi attacked another with an iron bar in a quarrel over mattress space.
Yet the refugees worry more about the future.
At the Amman International Fair, a crowd of 40 Bangladeshi gathered around a reporter who stopped to talk. One asked in Bengali if anyone had even a faint愿 for a job and named "No." all shouted in imsion.
Others, left with no choice, are calmer.
Manop Krawan, a stocky Thai driver wearing an electric blue jogging outfit, took in the scene with a gun that had been in Kuwait almost five years.
"I don't know where to look for work anymore," he said. "Things change, but I'm trying."
Bush warns Iraq again
The Associated Press
"Let no one abroad doubt on national unity or our staying power." Bush said.
WASHINGTON — President Bush, applauded by Congress for his Persian Gulf strategy, warned Iraq yesterday that it would pay a price for occupying Kuwait and set a price "for broadening the conflict.
"Our position has always been that everyone should be allowed to leave," said White House deputy press secretary Roman Populiuk. Bush reiterated earlier statements he had made.
The White House reacted cautiously to an announcement from Iraq that all foreign women and children would be allowed to leave the country beginning today.
"When it comes to the safety and well-being of American citizens held against their will, I will hold Baghdad responsible." he said.
The president, breaking away from his summer vacation in Maine, flew to Washington to consult with congressional leaders and brief members of the House and Senate Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Appropriations and Intelligence committees.
House Speaker Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash, seated along bush in the Cabinet Room, said Congress supported the president's moves.
Even so, some lawmakers have raised questions about the cost, size and duration of the massive U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf.
The Pentagon yesterday estimated the total cost of the U.S. deployment at $2.5 billion through the end of September.
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