UNHCR working on plan to have Afghans remain at refugee sites

UNHCR working on plan to have Afghans remain at refugee sites

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 10. He said his agency is working out a plan to have Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran stay in the two host countries. ''We should not aim to bring all Afghans home...they can stay in places where they are productive,'' Lubbers said.

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