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Only then can the wider problem of over one million Rwandan refugees be addressed, Mr Spring added.

NAIROBI - Amnesty International yesterday condemned human rights abuses by Tutsi dominated rebels against Rwandan refugees in Zaire.

But he acknowledged that the government had reclaimed land that had been given to Rwandan refugees many years ago.

Local population as well as expatriates working in the area unanimously report that the rebels are killing Rwandan refugees.

First came millions of Rwandan refugees in 1994 after the rout of Rwandan Hutu forces behind the genocide of Tutsis.

At risk are 150,000 Rwandan refugees in the makeshift Tingi Tingi camps in eastern Zaire.

However the rebel security chief, Mr Paul Kabongo, denied rebel fighters had been responsible for any massacres of Zaireans or Rwandan refugees.

About 50,000 Rwandan refugees are camped at Kasese, with a similar number in makeshift camps further south.

GENEVA - A spokesman for the UNHCR refugee agency denied yesterday it had agreed with Zaire to close camps holding Rwandan refugees.

The main aim is to assess the impact on both countries of the return of almost one million Rwandan refugees in recent weeks.

It supports analyses by human rights groups that the Rwandan refugees were massacred, even though many of them were not armed Hutu extremists.

THERE is growing concern about the fate of 85,000 Rwandan refugees in the jungle of Zaire's remote interior.

David Apollo Kazungu, commissioner for refugees in the Office of the Prime Minister, said no Rwandan refugees had been forcibly returned to their country.

RWANDAN refugees yesterday vowed to remain in camps in eastern Zaire and to defy a Zairean operation to pressure them to return home voluntarily.

THE Irish Government has donated £75,000 to the Christian Aid group, to help Rwandan refugees returning from Zaire, writes Patsy McGarry.