Transitions - Issue 3, August 1999

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The main story in this issue focuses on internal displacement of refugees as a result of war, human rights violations or disasters. The author, Olga Yoldi looks at developing patterns in population displacement and the reasons governments react violently towards a group of people and how international legislation and the lack of a systematic approach has affected these people. 

 " Within hours of arriving I am hit with a sense of the oppression, of the quiet desperation of the people. As I walk down a street, a voice calls out the freedom slogan 'Viva Timor L'este!'." writes Peter Williamson, a freelance journalist and photographer. Peter reports on  his impressions and experiences in East Timor prior to Indonesia’s approval of a vote for independence.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A message from the director - Jorge Aroche

Populations in flight - Olga Yoldi

Inside a safe haven - Helen Basili

The Media's Demons - Svetlana Milojkovic

Revisiting a harsh place - Nooria Mehraby

No Respite for Rejected Asylum Seeker - Helen Basili

A Journey to East Timor - Peter Williamson

Chilean Survivor Breaks the Silence - Maria Pilar

Reclaiming Identity after Torture - Julie savage

Post Natal Depression in latin american Refugees - Lucy Marin and Gabriela salabert

Poem: amargura en tierra multiracial - Ernesto Perez