Border crossers called back

Border crossers called back

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: The provincial administration will call
back about 300 of the people who have crossed the border to Papua
New Guinea to vote in May's general election, Antara reported
yesterday.

Head of the administration's border affairs bureau Alex Erubun
said all 300, living in a camp in East Awin in Kiunga, Papua New
Guinea, would be called back to Jayapura before March.

Although the authorities do not have complete data on all the
border crossers, Alex estimated their number at 3,000. It was
reported that none of them had received aid from the United
Nations High Commission on Refugees since last year.

Alex said people had crossed the border after receiving
propaganda from a separatist group, or had been forced to move
after their houses were burned by rebels. (08)