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Number of refugees returning to southern Sudan tops 100,000 mark
29 Jan 2007 More than 100,000 refugees have returned to southern Sudan since the launch of a voluntary repatriation programme two years ago, including some 30,000 with the help of UNHCR. -
UNHCR resumes repatriation of Sudanese in Central African Republic
18 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency has resumed the repatriation of southern Sudanese refugees from the Central African Republic after suspending the operation for several months due to security concerns. Over the weekend, 205 people were flown back to their homeland. -
UNHCR helps Angolans return home from Central African Republic
8 Jun 2006 A small group of Angolan refugees have started to return home from the Central African Republic with the one-off help of UNHCR. The refugee agency will help the 21 people from four families integrate back into Angolan society. -
Continuing attacks in Central African Republic push refugees into Chad
21 Feb 2006 The number of refugees fleeing violent attacks in the lawless northern Central African Republic is rising steadily, with over 200 crossing into southern Chad every day. Refugees tell harrowing stories of attacks by government forces, rebel groups and bandits. They say many more people are in hiding in the bush in CAR, too petrified to return home. -
CAR refugees fleeing lawlessness and violence cross into southern Chad
17 Feb 2006 A fresh influx of more than 2,800 refugees from Central African Republic (CAR) crossed over into southern Chad this week, fleeing violent attacks by bandits, armed rebels and security forces in the lawless, northern part of CAR. -
Sudanese refugees in Central African Republic start returning home
2 Feb 2006 After almost two decades in exile, 50 Sudanese refugees flew home on Thursday from the Central African Republic, the first of thousands whom the UN refugee agency expects to help repatriate from CAR during 2006 and 2007. -
New influx of 1,000 refugees from Central African Republic to southern Chad
27 Jan 2006 Continuing insecurity in the northern Central African Republic forces 1,000 more people to flee to neighbouring southern Chad, where UNHCR and its partners are transferring them to a refugee camp. The new arrivals tell of repeated attacks by various armed factions, bandits and government troops throughout the increasingly lawless north. -
Potential returnees make emotional reconnaissance trip to southern Sudan
7 Nov 2005 Four Sudanese representatives from camps in the Central African Republic are currently in the middle of a short but emotional trip back to their home communities in and around Tambura in southern Sudan - the first such 'go-and-see visit' organized by the UN refugee agency, and a signal that the huge and immensely complex Sudan repatriation operation is about to begin. -
Hundreds more refugees flee fighting in Central African Republic
4 Oct 2005 Hundreds more refugees fleeing fighting in a town in northern Central African Republic have arrived in Chad, taking the total number of new arrivals since June to nearly 11,000, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.