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Angolan refugees face difficult route home across vast, devastated land
3 Oct 2005 For some of the refugees heading back to Angola, the return journey is long, slow and complicated - but, for the most part, people who have waited decades to return are prepared to wait patiently for a few more weeks, while the UN refugee agency searches for planes to take them home. -
Angolan refugees head home as organised repatriation enters final stage
28 Sep 2005 A major transit centre in northern Angola sees its last repatriation convoy depart, as the UN refugee agency's organized repatriation operation, which has already helped 112,000 Angolans return home enters its final phase. -
UNHCR helps South Africa tackle huge asylum backlog
27 Sep 2005 The UN refugee agency has been providing training sessions, advice and material aid to assist the South African government in its efforts to reduce its huge backlog of over 100,000 pending asylum cases. -
A Shadow of Hope becomes reality for refugee filmmaker in South Africa
21 Sep 2005 With the screening of his latest documentary at a South African human rights film festival, Congolese refugee Makela Pululu has confounded all those who dismissed his hope of become a filmmaker as nothing more than a pipe dream. -
Pavarotti ferry extends lifeline to Angolan refugees and Zambian hosts
17 Aug 2005 The ferry funded by the "Pavarotti and Friends" charity concert has not only assured Angolan refugees in Zambia's Nangweshi camp of regular assistance, but also facilitated their return to Angola and stimulated regional trade. -
Returning to the Angolan enclave of Cabinda
3 Aug 2005 A group of 52 Angolan refugees in the Republic of the Congo have made the first organised return since 2003 to the oil-rich Angolan enclave of Cabinda. Relatives have told them the situation is calm, while Cabinda authorities say return conditions are in place. -
First Angolan refugees return home from south of Kinshasa
2 Aug 2005 UNHCR has started a new phase in its Angola return operation, helping to repatriate Angolan refugees who have been living outside camps and settlements in the Congolese region of Kasangulu. -
UNHCR starts new season of returns from Botswana to Angola
15 Jul 2005 With the end of the rainy season in Botswana, UNHCR this week started the year's first flights carrying Angolan refugees in Dukwi camp back to Huambo province in central Angola. Road convoys to Kuando Kubango province are expected to start within weeks. -
Cape Town recognises refugee brain gain
22 Jun 2005 Refugees in South Africa often lament that their professional skills are wasted on menial work. This could change after the City of Cape Town announced on World Refugee Day that it would help complete an audit of refugees' skills and engage refugees in the areas of health, culture and sports.