UNHCR and partners in new initiatives to boost repatriation to Burundi
UNHCR is trying to encourage more Burundians to return home from camps in Tanzania by offering cash grants. Its sister organizations and partners are giving increased food supplies and helping to rebuild infrastructure in Burundi.
World Refugee Day: Guterres lauds Sudan repatriation as a bright spot in the region
High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres joined more than 160 refugees on their return home to South Sudan after years in exile in Uganda. In the region to mark World Refugee Day, he said the repatriation to Sudan was one of the few bright spots in a region that has seen too much displacement.
Q&A: Drawing the curtain down on West Africa's last big repatriation operation
At the end of the month, UNHCR completes its assisted repatriation programme for Liberian refugees. Michel Gaudé, head of the agency's West Africa desk, talks about this operation and others in the area.
Pakistani Minister Rind hands UNHCR cheque for Afghan repatriation
Pakistan's Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind on Wednesday presented High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres with a cheque worth the equivalent of US$5 million to help Afghan refugees return to their country.
Last Ethiopia-Sudan repatriation convoy of the season as rains set in
A convoy carrying 618 refugees, including a new-born baby, has arrived in the southern Sudan's Blue Nile state, bringing an end to UNHCR's 2006-2007 dry season repatriation programme from camps in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia's repatriation to South Sudan reaches 20,000 mark
The UN refugee agency's voluntary repatriation programme from Ethiopia to South Sudan reached a new high point this week when a road convoy from Fugnido camp - some 900 kilometres west of Addis Ababa - brought the 20,000th returnee home to the Upper Nile State.
First repatriation movement to DRC's Katanga province arrives amidst tropical downpour
A ferry chartered by the UN refugee agency has docked after crossing Lake Tanganyika with 494 returning refugees, marking the first organised voluntary repatriation from Tanzania to Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
UNHCR's repatriation programme for South Sudan hits 50,000 mark
UNHCR's repatriation programme for South Sudan topped the 50,000 mark this week when a group of 84 Sudanese refugees flew to the town of Yambio from Central African Republic (CAR).
Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia clamour for repatriation to southern Sudan
UNHCR plans this year to assist the return of some 18,000 of the 57,000 Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia. But growing numbers of Sudanese want to go back home immediately.
More than 200 Liberians return home by ship as UNHCR resumes sea-borne repatriation
More than 200 Liberian refugees returned home on a Panamanian-registered vessel this week, marking the resumption of voluntary repatriation by sea from nearby countries.