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Feature: Asylum seekers in Moscow face major challenges despite UNHCR efforts
26 Mar 2003 The UN refugee agency has been working with its non-governmental partners to provide subsidised housing, public education and social services to asylum seekers in Moscow. But the legal situation remains a big obstacle. -
Dutch public experience refugee life in the heart of Amsterdam
24 Mar 2003 Two filmmakers have opened a window to the life of Chechen refugees in Ingushetia by screening their documentary film, "Sheltered Life", in a UNHCR refugee tent in Amsterdam's Leidseplein Square. -
UNHCR meets regional governments to finalise Angolan return plans
14 Mar 2003 The UN refugee agency has been meeting with the governments of Angola, Namibia and Zambia to finalise benchmarks and concrete plans for the repatriation of some 150,000 Angolan refugees as early as May. -
More than 200,000 Angolans say they want to go home this year
28 Feb 2003 This figure is based on surveys and estimates of Angolan refugees in Zambia and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite a shortage of funds, UNHCR has been working steadily to prepare for the repatriation operation in May or June. -
Ingushetia camp closed; UNHCR concerned about former residents
3 Dec 2002 The closure of Aki Yurt camp has evicted some 1,500 displaced Chechens. Initial estimates indicate that just under half of the camp population remains in Ingushetia. The UN refugee agency is working to trace their location and follow up on their condition. -
Feature: Angolans confident about repatriation, says UNHCR
2 Dec 2002 Aid agencies are bracing for the daunting task of bringing home hundreds of thousands of Angolans driven from their country by almost three decades of war that left the diamond- and oil-rich African country in ruins, creating one of the continent's largest populations of uprooted people. -
Don't close Ingushetia's camps until proper alternatives are found, urges UNHCR
29 Nov 2002 More than 1,500 displaced Chechens could be homeless in the harsh winter if Ingushetia's Aki Yurt camp closes this weekend. Stressing that any return to Chechnya must be voluntary, the UN refugee agency has appealed for the authorities to postpone camp closures until alternative accommodation can be found. -
Angola signs repatriation agreements with UNHCR, Namibia and Zambia
28 Nov 2002 After decades of conflict, some 450,000 Angolan refugees in southern Africa can finally return home with the signing of separate repatriation agreements between the governments of Angola, Namibia, Zambia and UNHCR. Similar agreements with other countries in the region are expected to follow. -
UNHCR welcomes Poland's decision to reopen doors to Chechens
19 Nov 2002 In a policy reversal, Poland has allowed 150 Chechen asylum seekers to enter the country after protests against an earlier decision to turn them away. The UN refugee agency says it hopes this is a permanent decision, and that Lithuania will follow suit.