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Lubbers leads Eritreans home; thanks hosts in Sudan
13 Nov 2003 UNHCR chief Ruud Lubbers has led a return convoy of nearly 900 refugees from Sudan to Eritrea after telling his Sudanese hosts that the agency would help rehabilitate some of the refugee-hosting areas in the east. -
UNHCR resumes return convoys from Sudan to Eritrea
14 Oct 2003 The UN refugee agency is restarting its programme to help Eritrean refugees go home with the end of the rainy season in Sudan. UNHCR is also handing over vacated camps and infrastructure in Sudan to the local authorities. -
Feature: Relocated Eritrean refugees find a second home in Sudan
12 Aug 2003 Eight months after the cessation of their refugee status, some 3,000 Eritreans have been moved from their camps to another settlement in eastern Sudan as part of a plan to close and consolidate refugee camps. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Eritreans have opted to return home. -
Eritreans head home from Sudan after decades in exile
9 Jul 2003 Eritrean refugees - some of Africa's longest-standing exiles - are returning home from neighbouring Sudan, after a months-long delay. UNHCR officials hope the return will help build confidence between the two African countries. -
UNHCR resumes repatriation in Horn of Africa
24 Jun 2003 More than 500 refugees - Eritreans in Sudan and Somalis in Djibouti - have returned home in two separate voluntary repatriation operations by the UN refugee agency. Hundreds more are expected to follow before the onset of the rainy season in mid-July. -
Tens of thousands of Eritreans re-apply for refugee status in Sudan
10 Feb 2003 Since December 31, when the clause ending refugee status for Eritreans took effect, many of these refugees living in Sudan have applied to stay in their host country, citing fears of persecution if they return to Eritrea. Teams of lawyers in eastern Sudan are assessing their claims. Meanwhile, those who have signed up for repatriation are still waiting for return convoys to resume. -
Time running out for long-exiled Eritreans
30 Dec 2002 Eritrean refugees in Sudan have been rushing to register for interviews for refugee status determination ahead of a year-end deadline. Others are preparing to return home as repatriation convoys to Eritrea resume next week, and some are seeking to stay in Sudan. -
A new home for Tripoli's refugees
4 Dec 2002 Tripoli's neediest refugees have been transferred to new accommodation as Libya expands its co-operation with the UN refugee agency. -
Sudan/Eritrea tensions put Eritrean repatriation on hold
8 Oct 2002 Rebel attacks near an Eritrean refugee-hosting area in eastern Sudan have led to the closure of the border. UNHCR has been forced to suspend its plans to restart return convoys just months before the Eritreans' refugee status comes to an end.