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UNHCR helps more than 10,000 Mauritanians return home
28 Apr 2009 The number of Mauritanian refugees helped home from Senegal with assistance from UNHCR after years in exile tops the 10,000 mark. -
Boost for the reintegration of Mauritanian returnees
26 Nov 2008 Mauritanian refugees receive good news as Mauritanian authorities move closer to granting national ID papers to returnees from countries like Senegal. -
Q&A: Refugees have a friend in Argentina's top diplomat
24 Oct 2008 Argentinian Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana has spent most of his life fighting for human rights. He talks about his country's policies towards refugees. -
Mauritania repatriation operation picks up with second convoy
14 Mar 2008 UNHCR conducts a second repatriation convoy for Mauritanian refugees in Senegal, stepping up the operation launched in January. -
First Mauritanian refugees return home after 20-year exile
29 Jan 2008 The UN refugee agency launches a repatriation operation for up to 24,000 Mauritanian refugees in Senegal. -
UNHCR to start repatriating Mauritanians from late January
18 Jan 2008 The UN refugee agency and the governments of Mauritania and Senegal have agreed to start repatriating some 24,000 Mauritanian refugees from January 28. -
UNHCR signs accord for repatriation of Mauritanians
13 Nov 2007 The UN refugee agency signs an agreement with Senegal and Mauritania that will pave the way for the repatriation of some 24,000 Mauritanians. -
Mauritania to let 20,000 refugees return home from Mali and Senegal
22 Jun 2007 The Mauritanian government has decided to allow some 20,000 refugees to return home from neighbouring Mali and Senegal, where some of them have spent almost two decades in exile. -
Argentina and other South American countries opening their doors to refugees
16 Apr 2007 In South America, Argentina, Brazil and Chile all run refugee resettlement programmes and they are likely to be joined this year by Paraguay and Uruguay. Initially most of those being resettled in these countries came from places like Afghanistan, Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, but now many are Colombians.