The World : Refugees to Leave Lesotho

Lesotho’s new military rulers said that anti-apartheid refugees from South Africa will be flown out of Lesotho as quickly as possible and will not be turned over to the Pretoria government, Radio Lesotho reported. A statement by the military council said that arrangements to airlift the refugees to other countries were being made by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees with help from the African National Congress, the main guerrilla group fighting apartheid. Lesotho’s prime minister was deposed by the military after Pretoria brought economic pressure to bear because of the refugees’ presence in Lesotho.