Word: dharam
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...they have no opportunity to purchase a house, says Dharam Lingham, the country's former senior bureaucrat in charge of squatters. "It's one of the main social problems facing Fijians today," he says. "These are very poor people who are already in a cycle of poverty. Whole families are suffering." Lingham, who resigned his post six months ago, says the government's response is hopelessly inadequate. "If something is not done, half of Fiji will be living in these settlements in 20 years' time...