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No repatriation agreements yet, but over 70,000 Angolan refugees have gone home, says UNHCR
15 Nov 2002 As the UN refugee agency prepares to sign a series of formal repatriation agreements to Angola, more than 70,000 Angolan refugees and 860,000 internally displaced Angolans are believed to have already returned to embrace the fragile peace in their homeland. -
UNHCR urges Poland, Lithuania not to turn away Chechens
14 Nov 2002 UNHCR is urging Lithuania and Poland to keep their doors open to Chechen asylum seekers. The U.N. refugee agency made the plea amid reports that the two countries have barred the entry of Chechens following the recent Chechen terrorist attack in Moscow. -
Feature: Angolan children at Zambia camp sing praises of Italy
12 Nov 2002 Six months after performing in the "Pavarotti and Friends" concert in Italy, 30 Angolan refugee children at Nangweshi camp still speak fondly of the experience. The concert has raised close to Euros 3 million for Angolan refugees in Zambia, and offered hope to children who have never known life beyond the camp. -
Displaced Chechens anxious as troops move near Ingushetia camps, says UNHCR
1 Nov 2002 According to the UN refugee agency, the presence of troops near four camps for internally displaced Chechens in Ingushetia is worrying inhabitants and raising protection concerns for some who have yet to receive official registration documents. -
Insecurity forces UNHCR to suspend aid to Chechens in Georgia
2 Aug 2002 Advised by the Georgian authorities, the UN refugee agency temporarily suspends aid activities in the Pankisi Valley, leaving some 3,800 Chechen refugees with a few weeks' worth of supplies. -
UNHCR intensifies efforts to cope with Angolan returns
30 Jul 2002 The UN refugee agency works to increase its presence in main areas of return as nearly 8,000 Angolans return from the DRC and 4,500 from Zambia this year. These figures do not include unrecorded spontaneous returns. -
UNHCR questions closure of camps for internally displaced in Chechnya
12 Jul 2002 Some 2,200 displaced Chechens have been moved to the war-ravaged capital of Grozny; UNHCR is concerned about voluntariness of the returns. -
Home is where the heart is for Angolans at Osire camp
8 Jul 2002 Osire camp's most senior citizen would rather die in Namibia than return to her homeland in Angola. -
UNHCR pledges basic assistance for spontaneous returns to Angola
5 Jul 2002 More than 20,000 Angolans have left Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for home since March; UNHCR estimates that as many as 80,000 from the region could head home by year end, and is gathering close to $2 million to meet their immediate needs.