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Model refugee will be missed upon return to Angola, say aid workers
9 Dec 2004 For years, Angolan refugee Xavier Pio was indispensable in Botswana's Dukwi refugee camp, teaching Portuguese and taking part in income-generating and awareness-raising activities. The camp is sad to lose him as he leaves for home, but they know that Angola will be gaining a model returnee. -
Love in the time of repatriation
18 Nov 2004 Led by UNHCR and supported by Africare and IOM, the Angolan repatriation operation from Namibia runs like clockwork, airlifting more than 1,000 Angolan refugees home so far. But sometimes love can temporarily throw a spanner in the works. -
"Merci mingi," Angolan returnee tells Congolese hosts
2 Nov 2004 A group of 219 Angolan refugees has arrived home on the second airlift in three months between Congolese capital Kinshasa and Angolan capital Luanda. The returnees were in high spirits, thanking UNHCR and their Congolese hosts in a mix of French and Lingala. -
UNHCR intensifies voluntary return operation to Angola ahead of rains
7 Oct 2004 The refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration have increased the number of flights from Zambia to Angola six-fold. Together with land convoys, these return movements have helped some 16,000 Angolan refugees home - half the total target this year. -
UNHCR starts airlift from Namibia to Angola's central highlands
24 Sep 2004 The first flight from Namibia's Osire camp to Angola's Huambo province brought 105 refugees home. Twice-weekly flights will follow, bringing more than 400 Angolan refugees home every week. -
Pace of Angolan returns from Zambia slower than expected, says UNHCR
17 Sep 2004 Only one-fifth of this year's expected number has returned to Angola so far due to logistical problems like poor road conditions, broken bridges and the presence of landmines. But increased airlift capacity could bring numbers up. -
Angolan refugees airlifted home from Kinshasa
24 Aug 2004 As part of efforts to boost UNHCR's repatriation programme to Angola, 215 Angolan refugees were flown home on a UN-chartered flight from Kinshasa to Luanda last weekend. Land convoys also received a boost with the opening of a new corridor between Zambia and Angola last week. -
UNHCR starts Angolan repatriation season from DR Congo
6 Jul 2004 The UN refugee agency has started helping the first groups of Angolan refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to go home this year after the rainy season. -
UNHCR starts the year's Angolan returns from Zambia
15 Jun 2004 For the first time this year, a convoy of 363 Angolan refugees headed home today from Meheba settlement in western Zambia. This marks the beginning of an operation to repatriate 40,000 Angolan refugees from Zambia this year.