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Solution found for first group of Sangatte residents
18 Oct 2002 Five Afghans in the controversial French centre have gone home to Afghanistan, becoming the first beneficiaries of the recent voluntary repatriation agreement between UNHCR and the French and Afghan governments. -
UNHCR promotes return of Rwandan refugees in Tanzania
11 Oct 2002 As part of a tripartite agreement, the UN refugee agency has started an information campaign and confidence-building measures to encourage some 22,000 Rwandan refugees in Tanzania to go home. -
Congolese returnees drift back to Rwandan camp
27 Sep 2002 Facing food and water shortages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese refugees who had returned home under duress head back to their camp in Rwanda for supplies. -
UNHCR clarifies role in Sangatte operation
27 Sep 2002 The UN refugee agency will provide information, one-to-one interviews and counselling to the inhabitants of the controversial refugee centre in France, advising them on their best realistic options. In a related development, the agency is working on two separate tripartite agreements with the governments of France and the United Kingdom on the voluntary repatriation of Afghans. -
Pressure continues for DR Congolese refugees in Rwanda to go home
20 Sep 2002 Despite the slowing pace of forced returns to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, intimidation is continuing in Rwanda's refugee camps, and could even have spread to spontaneously settled Congolese living in towns and villages near the border. -
Fewer forced returns to DR Congo; returnees face poor conditions
17 Sep 2002 The pace of the controversial repatriation movement from refugee camps in Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of the Congo has slowed down in recent days, but conditions are deteriorating for Congolese who have already returned. -
Forced returns from Rwanda to DR Congo continue, albeit at slower rate
10 Sep 2002 More than 6,000 Congolese refugees in Rwandan camps have been repatriated under pressure since August 31. The operation continues despite protests from the UN refugee agency, but the pace of returns has slowed down considerably. -
Stop forcing Congolese refugees home, UNHCR urges Rwanda
5 Sep 2002 In a letter to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers appeals for an end to the apparent forced repatriation of Congolese refugees, which has already sent some 1,500 back to rebel-controlled north Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Congolese woman in exile seeks to write wrongs
8 Aug 2002 Celebrating the achievements of refugee women who have found ways of coping with their horrors through writing.