Report of the OAU Commission of Fifteen on Refugees

Abstract

This report presented by the OAU Commission of Fifteen on Refugees, details the escalating refugee and displaced persons crisis in Africa as of June 1994. The document highlights a significant increase in the number of refugees from 4 million to over 7 million, alongside an estimated 16 million internally displaced persons. It identifies the primary causes as wars, conflicts, and economic hardships, which have severely strained the capacity of asylum countries.