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Those and similar actions started a fierce debate among relief agencies about their dealings with local governments. In Paris, Doctors Without Borders attacked Mengistu's policy of forced resettlement of villagers living in the rebellious north. "Resettlement, not famine, is the biggest killer," said Claude Malhuret, the group's former president. For their efforts, the 26 doctors and nurses working for the organization in Ethiopia were kicked out of the country...
...Without Borders, a Paris-based group that sends medical personnel to trouble spots around the world, charges that the Ethiopian government's efforts to resettle 575,000 famine-stricken peasants from the country's northern highlands may have left as many as 100,000 refugees dead. Says Author Claude Malhuret: "There can be no doubt that today resettlement is the biggest killer in Ethiopia, not famine...
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