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UNHCR transfers newly arrived Congolese refugees to camp in Burundi
28 Nov 2005 They arrived with tiny bundles, wrapped in strips of torn cloth, but things started to look up for the latest group of refugees to flee fighting in the DRC when the UN refugee agency transported them to an established camp in northern Burundi. -
Refugees cook up appreciation for the environment in Rwanda
14 Nov 2005 During a recent Environment Week ceremony in Kiziba Camp in Rwanda, Congolese refugees were given a Blind Taste Test to see if they preferred beans and corn cooked over traditional open wood fires to those brewed up on new environmentally-friendly stoves. There was no clear winner - which in itself was a victory for the new stoves which consume 20 percent less fuel. -
Nansen award winner asks "Why is there no money for Burundi?"
3 Nov 2005 The winner of this year's Nansen Refugee Award, Marguerite Barankitse, has called on donors to show more generosity towards Burundian returnees, and accused the international community of not taking her country seriously as it attempts to carve out a path towards a peaceful future. -
Funding crisis threatens return hopes of thousands of Burundian refugees
28 Oct 2005 The UN refugee agency warned on Friday it will have to reduce or even suspend its biggest voluntary repatriation in Africa unless it quickly receives the money it has been calling for to help hundreds of thousands of Burundian refugees return home. -
Refugee 'special envoy' checks out situation back home in Burundi
27 Oct 2005 Thirty-three years after fleeing war in Burundi, Joyce Uwimana is making a brief trip home - one of ten refugees chosen as "special envoys" by thousands of her compatriots in Tanzania who are now eagerly awaiting her appraisal of what life is like in their homeland. -
Transit site closes in Rwanda as last Burundians leave
9 Sep 2005 A year after it received the first of hundreds of refugees from Burundi, Gikonko transit site in southern Rwanda has closed as the refugees either opt to return home with UNHCR assistance or to move to a nearby camp. -
Rwandan women lead the way home from Brazzaville
25 Aug 2005 Rwandan refugees Faustine and Immaculée recently joined a group on a go-and-see visit to Rwanda, and returned to their host country, the Republic of the Congo, to share their observations on how life has improved back home. They plan to be on the next airlift back to Rwanda. -
Casting the net wide to help Burundi's returnee communities
22 Aug 2005 In an innovative project to help Burundian returnees reintegrate, UNHCR is providing seed capital to fishing communities on Lake Tanganyika, allowing them to improve their livelihood and diet. Once repaid, the money will be reinvested into other projects to help the returnees and their neighbours. -
New agreement paves way home for Burundians from Rwanda
19 Aug 2005 Thousands of Burundian refugees could be on their way home under a tripartite agreement on voluntary repatriation from Rwanda signed between the two governments and the UN refugee agency yesterday.