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2 months ago bilby said:

"...the prejudice exists among international relief workers in Mekele that missing men have been blackbirded for resettlement, and so strong is this impression that they will not take the obvious step of approaching party officials and requesting information. Resettlement is mentioned in hushed tones, with knowing nods."
- 'Resetlement, Ethiopia, 1985', Germaine Greer in The Madwoman's Underclothes.

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