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Myanmar warned against premature resettlement

AP, Yangon
A UN official yesterday warned against prematurely resettling parts of Myanmar destroyed by a cyclone and human rights groups lushed out at the country's military leaders lor evicting storm refugees from relief camps.
Hundreds, it not thousands, of displaced people also have been expelled from schools, monasteries and public buildings, Human Rights Watch said in a release Saturday. In the nation's biggest city, Yangon, there were eyewitness reports of one such eviction from a Christian church.
Another group, Refugees International, said authorities appeared to be trying to get villagers back to their land to begin tending their fields and reviving agriculture.
"While agriculture recovery is indeed vital, forcing people home without aid makes it harder for aid agencies to reach them with assistance," it said. Anupama Rao Singh, regional director of the United Nations Children's Fund who visited the affected area recently warned Saturday against premature resettlement, even if it's voluntary. She did not confirm that evictions had taken place.
"Premature resettlements to the villages, even if it's voluntary, will cause serious risks to the refugees," she said.
Many of the villages remain inundated with water, making it difficult to rebuild. There is also a real risk that once they are resettled, they will be invisible to aid workers. Without support and continued service to those affected, there is a risk of a second wave of disease and devastation," sheadded.
An estimated 2.4 million people remain homeless and hungry from this month's cyclone, which left at least 134,000people dead ormisslng.
Defence Secretary Robert Gates added his voice Saturday to critics
of the Junta's handling of the humanitarian crisis, saying obstruction of international efforts to help cyclone victims cost "tens of thousands of lives."
Gates, speaking in Singapore, said the US has not had problems helping other countries in natural disasters while still respecting their sovereignty.
With Myanmar, he said, "the situation has been very different at a cost of tens of thousands of lives. Many other countries besides the United States also have felt hindered in their efforts."
He said that the US will continue to try to get aid in. US ships off the coast of Myanmar are poised to leave because they have been blocked from delivering assistance to the ravaged country.
Shortly after the cyclone struck, the US, France and Britain sent warships loaded with relief supplies, but the Myanmar regime has refused to let them land, apparently fearing a foreign invasion.