UNHCR Commissioner flags arrest and refoulment of Uruguayan exiles in Argentina

País
EE.UU.
Creación

19/1/1978

This document addressed to the US Secretary of State from the US Ambassador to Argentina mentions the visit of the UN High Commissioner for Refugee's (UNHCR), Kevin Lyonette, to Argentina. Lyonette expressed concern regarding the potential arrest and refoulment of up to 25 Uruguayans living in Buenos Aires between December 1977 and January 1978.