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Guterres to meet Lula da Silva on first visit to Latin America
3 Nov 2005 Next week, António Guterres is making his first visit to Latin America since becoming UN High Commissioner for Refugees. His planned meeting with Brazil's President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva is part of the continuing effort to improve the support available for refugees and displaced people in Latin America. -
Extra plane provides boost to Angolan repatriation
1 Nov 2005 The acquisition of a second aircraft has given a significant boost to the number of Angolan refugees able to return home each week from Zambia, with a total of 22,000 now expected to return from Zambia by the end of this year. -
Angolan returnees in vanguard of fight against superstition
31 Oct 2005 In some countries, witchcraft has been reduced to a once-a-year joke to be celebrated with pumpkins and pointed hats at Halloween. In others, such as Angola, it is still a matter of life and death despite the valiant efforts of a group of dedicated returnees to steer their compatriots away from superstition and encourage good citizenship instead. -
Voluntary repatriation of Angolans accelerates as new corridor opens up in the north
19 Oct 2005 Another repatriation corridor has opened up for Angolan refugees returning from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with the safe arrival on Wednesday of a convoy of more than 200 refugees in their home area of Sakandica in the northern province of Uíge. -
Angolan refugees return home from DRC on a road rebuilt by UNHCR
12 Oct 2005 As the Angolan voluntary repatriation enters its last months, UNHCR has opened up a new corridor for returns from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the diamond-rich province of Lunda Norte. Last week, refugees started travelling a new route home on a road rebuilt by UNHCR. -
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. -
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.