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Hope and opportunity for refugee students in Botswana
3 Jun 2021 As universities begin to offer scholarships, refugee students look forward to a more secure future in the country they now call home. -
UNHCR wraps up return programme for Angolan refugees in Botswana
1 Nov 2013 This week's final convoy of 194 people convoy brings to 461 the number of Angolans repatriated from Botswana since June of last year. -
Last group of Angolan refugees returns home from Botswana as voluntary repatriation programme winds down
1 Nov 2013 -
UNHCR repatriates almost 14,000 Angolans; steps up pace of return ahead of deadline
8 Jun 2012 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. -
UNHCR increases returns for Angolan refugees ahead of end June deadline
8 Jun 2012 -
With support from UNHCR, refugees in Botswana can now access ARVs
25 May 2010 Refugees living with HIV, including young children, are finally getting treatment in Botswana under a special UNHCR programme for HIV prevention and treatment. -
Namibian refugees, some in ambulances, repatriate from Botswana
21 Nov 2006 A UNHCR-escorted convoy from Botswana has carried a group of 22 Namibian refugees back to their country. It was the second small repatriation of Namibians from Botswana this year, leaving behind about 1,100 of their countrymen who fled during a secessionist struggle in Namibia's Caprivi Strip in the late 1990s. -
Angolan repatration draws to a close
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UNHCR's Angola repatriation operation draws to a close with last flight
20 Dec 2005 After more than three years, UNHCR's repatriation operation to bring home Angolans living in exile during the country's 27-year-long war, has drawn to a close with a last flight of returnees from Botswana. An estimated half a million Angolans have returned to their war-ravaged country since the peace accords were signed in April 2002, some 123,000 with UNHCR assistance.