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UNHCR says conditions right for Congolese to go home from Zambia
19 Sep 2008 Teaming with the governments of Zambia and DRC, the UN refugee agency encourages the 51,000 remaining Congolese in Zambia to accept help to go back home. -
UNHCR launches overland returns from Zambia to Moba in DRC
14 May 2008 The UN refugee agency's repatriation operation to Moba in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo was expanded this week with the launch of road returns from Zambia. -
The registration of refugees in Zambia passes another milestone
7 Mar 2008 The effort to record details on every refugee in Zambia has passed another milestone with the conducting of a registration operation in Meheba settlement -
Refugees in Zambia receive the skills to be self-sufficient
13 Feb 2008 At Meheba Refugee Settlement in Zambia, the focus is on ensuring that the remaining Angolan refugees learn how to become self-sufficient. -
Congolese refugees return home from Zambia by road and boat
18 Dec 2007 Since a three-year programme of voluntary Congolese repatriation from Zambia began earlier this year, UNHCR has helped more than 7,300 refugees return to Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Zambia/DRC returns resume after security incident
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Refugees urge resumption of repatriation to Moba; UNHCR waits
8 Oct 2007 UNHCR has told Congolese refugees anxious to return home from Zambia that it will only resume repatriation operations to Moba on Lake Tanganyika when the UN is able to return to the port town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
DRC government urges Congolese refugees to return home
12 Sep 2007 The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has called directly on Congolese refugees in Zambia to return and help rebuild their homeland. Meanwhile, UNHCR, Zambia and DRC have revised downwards the planned figure for repatriations this year - from 20,000 to 12,000. -
UNHCR and Zambian government start to register refugees
31 Aug 2007 The government of Zambia, in cooperation with the UN refugee agency, has embarked on a comprehensive registration of refugees who are authorized to remain in urban areas.The exercise will be followed by registration of Angolan refugees settled in the provinces and then by refugees in camps.