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UNHCR document plan ensures rights of returnee children in Angola
16 Nov 2007 UNHCR has completed a vital step in reintegrating Angolan refugees by ensuring that their children receive the ID needed to enjoy the rights of citizenship. -
Handicrafts expertise helps resettled refugee make good in Brazil
10 Oct 2007 A year after being resettled in northern Brazil, Colombian refugee Luis Eduardo Garzón was exhibiting his handicrafts at a national fair in Brasilia. His success is a tribute to the government's policies on resettlement and reintegration, which have received considerable support from UNHCR and local aid organizations. -
First group of 35 Palestinians leave Jordan for new life in Brazil
20 Sep 2007 Thirty-five elated Palestinians boarded a plane at Amman's international airport on Thursday and flew off to a new life in Brazil after years of hardship in an isolated desert camp in Jordan. -
Refugee women gain more recognition, support in Brazil
22 Aug 2007 In a sign of their growing visibility and support in Brazil, refugee delegates took part in the recent Second National Conference on Policies for Women. The meeting passed a resolution to include women refugees' issues among Brazil's national policies for women. -
Guterres marks end of Angolan repatriation; next challenge is Congolese in Angola
28 Mar 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has underlined the next challenge UNHCR faces in Angola, celebrating the end of organised repatriation of Angolan refugees from abroad while discussing how to find a solution for Congolese refugees who have been in Angola for decades. -
Repatriation to Angola officially ends after 410,000 refugees go home
26 Mar 2007 UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres will attend a ceremony hosted by Angola on Tuesday at which regional leaders will officially mark the successful conclusion of the largest repatriation of refugees in Africa this decade. -
Angolan refugees boost agriculture for camp and their Zambian hosts
22 Feb 2007 Angolans relocated by UNHCR to the Mayukwayukwa refugee settlement are on their way to becoming self-sufficient and even producing surplus crops to help feed the local Zambian population. -
UNHCR closes refugee camp, gives assets to Zambia
21 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency on Thursday handed over the facilities in Nangweshi Refugee Camp to the Zambian government, marking the formal end of a camp that had been established seven years ago to house Angolans fleeing their civil war. -
UNHCR starts repatriation of thousands of vulnerable Angolan refugees by air
19 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency has launched a repatriation operation for some 12,700 vulnerable Angolan refugees from Bas Congo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The first flight, carrying 53 refugees and sponsored by the Angolan government, took off from Kinshasa's Ndjili airport on Monday.