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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. -
Liberian refugees hope election result will usher in new era
23 Nov 2005 The hopes of returning home for up to 230,000 Liberian refugees have been resting on the peaceful outcome of Liberia's presidential election run-off. So far so good: the final results were announced on Wednesday, with Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf elected as Africa's first woman President with a comfortable 59.4 percent of the vote. -
Guterres praises Brazilian efforts to integrate refugees
9 Nov 2005 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has asked the Brazilian President to play a leading role in an international campaign to promote tolerance, while praising Brazil for setting a fine example in terms of refugee legislation and integration practices - as illustrated by the successful integration of a former Colombian roller-skating champion and her family. -
Guterres to meet Lula da Silva on first visit to Latin America
3 Nov 2005 Next week, António Guterres is making his first visit to Latin America since becoming UN High Commissioner for Refugees. His planned meeting with Brazil's President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva is part of the continuing effort to improve the support available for refugees and displaced people in Latin America. -
Extra plane provides boost to Angolan repatriation
1 Nov 2005 The acquisition of a second aircraft has given a significant boost to the number of Angolan refugees able to return home each week from Zambia, with a total of 22,000 now expected to return from Zambia by the end of this year. -
Angolan returnees in vanguard of fight against superstition
31 Oct 2005 In some countries, witchcraft has been reduced to a once-a-year joke to be celebrated with pumpkins and pointed hats at Halloween. In others, such as Angola, it is still a matter of life and death despite the valiant efforts of a group of dedicated returnees to steer their compatriots away from superstition and encourage good citizenship instead. -
Voluntary repatriation of Angolans accelerates as new corridor opens up in the north
19 Oct 2005 Another repatriation corridor has opened up for Angolan refugees returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the safe arrival on Wednesday of a convoy of more than 200 refugees in their home area of Sakandica in the northern province of Uíge. -
A new beginning is always hard: Liberia's elections bring hope of return for thousands of refugees
12 Oct 2005 On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of Liberians cast their vote in the first post-war elections. Included in the queues lining up to vote were refugees who had returned home, many still unbelieving that this day had finally come. -
Angolan refugees return home from DRC on a road rebuilt by UNHCR
12 Oct 2005 As the Angolan voluntary repatriation enters its last months, UNHCR has opened up a new corridor for returns from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the diamond-rich province of Lunda Norte. Last week, refugees started travelling a new route home on a road rebuilt by UNHCR.