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UNHCR starts the year's Angolan returns from Zambia
15 Jun 2004 For the first time this year, a convoy of 363 Angolan refugees headed home today from Meheba settlement in western Zambia. This marks the beginning of an operation to repatriate 40,000 Angolan refugees from Zambia this year. -
Angolan repatriation season starts again
21 May 2004 Two hundred Angolan refugees have gone home from Namibia in the first organised return convoy this year. They will soon be joined by Angolan refugees in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In all, UNHCR plans to help 145,000 Angolan returnees in 2004. -
Deputy High Commissioner completes review of Angola operations
27 Apr 2004 Deputy High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin has returned from her mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. In Angola, she met spontaneous returnees from Zambia and witnessed projects to help them settle back in their communities. -
Expelled Congolese workers need humanitarian aid, urges senior UNHCR official
23 Apr 2004 Deputy High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin has appealed to aid agencies to work together to assist tens of thousands Congolese diamond miners expelled from Angola, and for the two governments to respect their basic rights. -
UNHCR concerned about Angolan refugees in DR Congo
22 Apr 2004 Sporadic attacks have been reported in Napassa refugee site, south of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Those responsible are a group of disgruntled Congolese diamond miners recently expelled from Angola in a government crackdown on irregular workers. -
Better security needed for Congolese returns, says senior UNHCR official
20 Apr 2004 On her first field trip with UNHCR, Deputy High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin is reviewing the agency's operations in the field and the prospects for repatriation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. -
New agreement paves way for Angolans to return from South Africa
15 Dec 2003 The governments of South Africa, Angola and UNHCR have signed a tripartite agreement to help some 13,000 Angolans return home from South Africa. As one of the best-educated refugee groups in South Africa, the Angolans are expected to contribute to their country's rehabilitation. -
Pavarotti ferry helps refugees in Zambia stay afloat
12 Nov 2003 The UN refugee agency has handed over a ferry donated by Maestro Luciano Pavarotti to the Zambian government to carry supplies to thousands of Angolan refugees in Nangweshi camp and to their host community. -
UNHCR to suspend repatriation from Zambia to Angola amid rains
4 Nov 2003 The last return convoy of Angolan refugees in Zambia will take place next week before roads become completely impassable in the rainy season. However, organised returns from Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will continue to parts of Angola that are still accessible.