Motaain, Indonesia - Republic of
EAST TIMORESE REFUGEES CROSS THE BORDER FROM WEST TIMOR AT MOTAAIN.
An Australian soldier serving with the United Nations in East Timor stamps the hand of a young East Timorese refugee at the Motaain border checkpoint with Indonesian West Timor December 11, 2000. More than 120,000 East Timorese have been stuck in refugee camps on the border, herded there over a year ago by pro-Jakarta militia who, with the backing of Indonesian troops, went on a campaign of destruction after the tiny territory voted to end 23 years of brutal Indonesian rule.
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