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The article also showcases Afghanistan's devastation: Roads are still pockmarked with "jagged craters gouged by Russian bombs and anti-tank mines," and refugees from the Taliban's sweep struggle to survive in malaria-infested camps.
4) There are more and more reports of mass graves that may belong to Rwandan Hutu refugees slaughtered by Kabila's troops.
Israel confiscated all land owned by the British government, mostly desert and mountains, after the 1948 War of Independence . Property owned by Arab refugees, who either fled war zones or were forced from their homes by the Israeli army (another long-standing controversy), was also taken over by individual Jews or confiscated by the government.
In 1962 the colonial authorities closed the border with China, but even this did not altogether stem the flow of refugees: The next arrivals were the Vietnamese boat people.
The wall started out as barbed wire and road blocks, but refugees continued to make their way through the barriers, by swimming through sewers and canals and jumping from buildings and railway bridges — risking life and limb for freedom and democracy.