Iran to open ten repatriation centres for Afghan refugees
Iran prepares to open ten repatriation centres to register Afghans planning to return home as UNHCR makes plans to help return up to 1.2 million refugees and internally displaced persons beginning in late March.
UNHCR and Afghanistan's Repatriation Minister reach accord on return of refugees
The refugee agency and Afghanistan's Repatriation Minister reach agreement on a plan for the return of hundreds of thousands of refugees this year and discuss the possibility of granting amnesty to the returnees.
Agreement reached on repatriation of 1,000 Montagnards
An accord with the governments of Viet Nam and Cambodia agrees to repatriate 1,000 Montagnards who fled Viet Nam almost one year ago.
UNHCR to assist in voluntary repatriation of Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia
Following a spate of spontaneous returns and repeated requests for help from Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia, UNHCR decides to help begin repatriating uprooted people eager to return home.
Repatriation of 160,000 Eritreans resumes after four month halt
The U.N. refugee agency, working with the governments of Sudan and Eritrea, resumed the repatriation of some 160,000 Eritrean refugees Saturday after a four-month halt due to heavy floods.
UNHCR suspends repatriation of Eritrean refugees from Sudan
Heavy rains have prompted UNHCR to suspend the overland repatriation of more than 174,000 Eritrean refugees in Sudan.