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<title><![CDATA[Syria conflict contributing to rising asylum claims in industrialized countries]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 479,300 asylum claims were registered across the 44 countries surveyed in UNHCR's Asylum Trends 2012 report, the highest annual total since 2003]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR completes repatriation of 155,000 Liberians]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The voluntary repatriation programme began in 2004 after peace was restored and officially concluded 23 years after civil war first broke out in Liberia.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Year heralds fresh beginning for Rwandan refugees leaving Pakistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Muhammad Saeed, who was stranded in Pakistan when genocide erupted in his homeland, flew home with his Rwandan wife and four children born in exile.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 2 Jan 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How can it be my home when I've never even seen my homeland?]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of children born as refugees in Tanzania face the challenge of coming "back" to Burundi - a country they've never seen before.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Afghan returns pass 50,000 in first eight months, up on last year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 40,000 of them came from Pakistan and just over 10,000 from Iran. 
About a third of the returnees went to the provinces of Kabul and Nangarhar.
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Congolese stream to new UNHCR refugee camp in Rwanda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 20,000 refugees have fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the spring. More than 11,400 people now inhabit the new facility.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Congolese refugees helped home as UNHCR programme accelerates]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 50,000 will voluntarily repatriate to Equateur Province this year, three years after they fled attacks]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[After a decade in Mogadishu, Tanzanian refugees return to Zanzibar]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This past weekend UNHCR successfully completed the voluntary repatriation of 38 Tanzanian refugees from Zanzibar who had been residing in Mogadishu for the past 11 years.
The group, comprising 12 families,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From Mogadishu with love: a refugee's dream to see Zanzibar again

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<description><![CDATA[Suleiman's dream comes true as UNHCR repatriates 38 Tanzanian refugees from Zanzibar who had been living in the Somali capital Mogadishu for years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Protracted refugee situations in Liberia and Angola to finally end]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Refugee status ends this weekend for refugees from the two countries, but UNHCR will assist those who have registered to return home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Surge in returns this year as end of refugee status for Liberians nears  ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 8,500 Liberians have repatriated this year. At the end of June, people who fled overseas during the civil war will no longer be refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR increases returns for Angolan refugees ahead of end June deadline]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Later this month, on June 30th, group refugee status will formally end for people who fled Angola during the country's 1965-75 war of Independence from Portugal and during the subsequent civil war which...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR repatriates almost 14,000 Angolans; steps up pace of return ahead of deadline]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Group refugee status will formally end on June 30 for people who fled Angola during the 1965-75 war of independence and the subsequent civil war. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN Security Council diplomats visit Ivorian refugees in Liberia ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Ambassadors from all 15 Security Council member states meet some of the 7,600 refugees in the PTP camp in eastern Liberia and hear their concerns.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR repatriates Ivorian refugees from unstable Mali]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR helped 104 Ivorian refugees fly back home earlier this week from Bamako, the Malian capital where they felt insecure due to continuing instability. UNHCR organized their repatriation by air as general...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angolan refugees return home from Namibia ahead of June deadline]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, UNHCR organized the voluntary repatriation of Angolan refugees from Namibia as part of our overall effort to help return for as many Angolan refugees as possible, ahead of the cessation of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[After decades, a journey home for Angolan refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Families that had been living as refugees in Namibia are assisted by UNHCR over the course of a three-day journey back to their homeland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberian fisherman returns to lost family as refugee status deadline looms]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Joseph is joining a growing number of Liberians who are returning with UNHCR help before they lose refugee status. Some 4,800 have gone home this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR starts repatriation of tens of thousands of Congolese]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Over the past week, UNHCR has ferried hundreds of Congolese refugees back to a northern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the start of a voluntary repatriation programme from Republic...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR starts cross-river repatriation of refugees in Republic of Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A small convoy of boats on Saturday took 79 refugees from Betou in Republic of the Congo to Dongo in northern Democratic Republic of the Congo.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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