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When going home is not an option: local integration in Guinea
20 Jul 2005 More than 97,000 Sierra Leonean refugees have gone home from Guinea with UNHCR assistance in the last few years, but 2,111 have decided to stay in their host country. UNHCR is working with the Guinean government to help them integrate into local society. -
Liberian returnee camp closes as inhabitants go home
13 Jul 2005 Perry Town returnee camp closed recently after all its inhabitants were helped home by UNHCR. It was the sixth camp to close as the pace of returns picks up amid improved security and rehabilitation in Liberia. -
Liberian returnees urge displaced compatriots to come home
7 Jul 2005 A UNHCR team visiting Liberia's areas of return this week spoke to returnees who said they were happy to be home and that conditions were improving. Houses were being rebuilt and services were up and running, but the shortage of trained workers has prompted a call for more returns. -
Empowering communities one village at a time
30 Jun 2005 UNHCR's community empowerment projects in Sierra Leone's Kono district are providing returning refugees and their surrounding communities with basic services, skills training and the know-how to prevent and respond to sexual and gender based violence. -
UNHCR launches verification exercise in Sierra Leone
2 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency has started a verification exercise in Sierra Leone's camps to update refugee numbers in the country amid the ongoing repatriation to Liberia, and to assess the needs of those who remain. -
Jolie highlights need for continued assistance in Sierra Leone
11 May 2005 The UN refugee agency's Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie, is in Sierra Leone for a second time, visiting a centre for survivors of sexual and gender based violence and a maternity hospital in a refugee-hosting settlement. She plans to discuss the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with the President. -
The short road home to Lofa county
26 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency this week started repatriating Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone through a new route that will more than halve the travelling time to Lofa, Liberia's largest area of return. -
Refugees in Liberia receive ID cards
26 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency has started issuing identity cards to refugees around Monrovia in a joint effort with the Liberian government to enhance the protection of refugees in the country. -
Refugee herdsmen return to Nigeria
18 Apr 2005 A convoy of 420 refugees, mostly from the Fulani tribe who fled clashes in eastern Nigeria's Taraba state in 2002, have ended their exile in Cameroon and left for home. Many more are expected to follow later, travelling on foot with their livestock.