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Eight-year Rwandan refugee saga in Tanzania comes to an end
3 Jan 2003 The last of the more than half a million Rwandans who fled their country in the wake of the 1994 genocide have now returned home from Tanzania. -
War shatters Congolese teenager's dreams
13 Dec 2002 The story of a young Congolese whose quiet schoolday suddenly turned into a headlong flight from bullets and burning. -
UNHCR steps up efforts to help Rwandans go home from Tanzania
26 Nov 2002 As Rwandan refugees express growing confidence in their homeland, the UN refugee agency has kicked off a "repatriation week" during which Rwandans in western Tanzania's camps can go home on daily convoys with UNHCR assistance. -
UNHCR issues ID cards to Congo's refugees
22 Nov 2002 In a bid to ensure better refugee protection, the UN refugee agency has joined hands with the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo to issue ID cards to some 440,000 refugees and asylum seekers in the two countries. -
UNHCR promotes return of Rwandan refugees in Tanzania
11 Oct 2002 As part of a tripartite agreement, the UN refugee agency has started an information campaign and confidence-building measures to encourage some 22,000 Rwandan refugees in Tanzania to go home. -
Congolese returnees drift back to Rwandan camp
27 Sep 2002 Facing food and water shortages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese refugees who had returned home under duress head back to their camp in Rwanda for supplies. -
Pressure continues for DR Congolese refugees in Rwanda to go home
20 Sep 2002 Despite the slowing pace of forced returns to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, intimidation is continuing in Rwanda's refugee camps, and could even have spread to spontaneously settled Congolese living in towns and villages near the border. -
Fewer forced returns to DR Congo; returnees face poor conditions
17 Sep 2002 The pace of the controversial repatriation movement from refugee camps in Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of the Congo has slowed down in recent days, but conditions are deteriorating for Congolese who have already returned. -
Forced returns from Rwanda to DR Congo continue, albeit at slower rate
10 Sep 2002 More than 6,000 Congolese refugees in Rwandan camps have been repatriated under pressure since August 31. The operation continues despite protests from the UN refugee agency, but the pace of returns has slowed down considerably.