Peter Kessler
Peter Kessler
passengers shoot
Smugglers torture, rape and shoot their passengers if they complain. It's very dangerous.
clear people using
It's clear that the (Hutu militants) have spooked the refugees, and they are using these people as shields,
break crisis factor
What we don't have is water, a factor that will make or break a crisis situation,
millions source
For millions of people, this was their source of food,
hand living mouth
are very much living on a hand to mouth basis.
afghans federal insure local millions overwhelm wave
A new wave of millions of Afghans will overwhelm hospitality, (we must) insure that we have local and federal governments on board.
situation
The situation is very much in flux. The situation has been very tense,
absence agencies force people relief thousands
The long-term absence of relief agencies could force many, many thousands of people into displacement.
access amount countries due people sending
An application of these proposals, without access to due process, could amount to sending people back to countries where they could be persecuted. That would be in abrogation of the UK's obligations under the 1951 convention.