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UNHCR welcomes Canadian ruling limiting torture-related deportations
15 Jan 2002 UNHCR welcomes a ruling by Canada's Supreme Court limiting the government's power to deport terrorist suspects if they face the possibility of torture on their return home. -
Refugee agency expresses shock and sadness at refugee boat sinking
23 Oct 2001 The U.N. refugee agency expressed shock and sadness Tuesday at the sinking of a boat carrying hundreds of asylum seekers off the Indonesian coast. -
Breakthroughs achieved on East Timor returns
18 Sep 2001 In a breakthrough development, UNHCR reported that supporters of anti-independence militias are among recent refugee groups returning home from West Timor. A second breakthrough saw the first returns of children separated from their families during the 1999 exodus. -
Refugee Return from West Timor a Priority
14 Sep 2001 West Timor officials agree that the return of some 80,000 refugees to East Timor is a priority, a UNHCR delegation to Indonesia reported. UNHCR plans to be involved in any return, but will be based largely on the East Timor side of the border. -
Senior UNHCR officials visit Indonesia, East Timor
10 Sep 2001 UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner is in Indonesia to discuss with senior government officials the return of 80,000 East Timorese refugees remaining in West Timor. The trip will include stops in West Timor's provincial capital, Kupang, as well as UN-administered East Timor. -
Transfer of Liberian refugees begins
7 Aug 2001 UNHCR begins the transfer of Liberian refugees to a new site in the western part of Côte d'Ivoire. -
Canada's Kosovar programme ends
25 Jul 2001 Canada's participation in a unique programme to protect refugees fleeing the 1999 Kosovo conflict has come to an end with the return of the final six Kosovo Albanians to their homeland.