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Tens of thousands of Congolese seek shelter in Uganda border town
7 Sep 2007 Some 25,000 to 35,000 Congolese refugees have been sheltering at night in the Ugandan border town of Bunagana to escape fighting in the DRC's North Kivu. Meanwhile, UNHCR staff in North Kivu reported that thousands of Congolese had fled the town of Sake and its surroundings. -
Sudanese repatriation from Uganda gathers pace
17 Aug 2007 The UN refugee agency has stepped up the pace of Sudanese refugee returns from Uganda by opening a major new return corridor to Eastern Equatoria state in Sudan. -
World Refugee Day Q&A: Former Ugandan refugee plans to use Oxford degree to help others
20 Jun 2007 Ugandan Gemma Tracee Apiku, who spent eight years as a refugee in southern Sudan, talks about a recent visit to camps in Uganda for Sudanese refugees. -
World Refugee Day: Guterres lauds Sudan repatriation as a bright spot in the region
19 Jun 2007 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres joined more than 160 refugees on their return home to South Sudan after years in exile in Uganda. In the region to mark World Refugee Day, he said the repatriation to Sudan was one of the few bright spots in a region that has seen too much displacement. -
Displaced in Uganda face psychological barrier to return home
21 May 2007 Years of fighting between the Ugandan armed forces and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army left some 1.7 million people displaced in the north of the country. Their hopes of going back home have been raised by peace talks between the two sides and an improving security situation. -
Some 120,000 Sudanese refugees set to return to Eastern Equatoria
16 May 2007 The UN refugee agency has reached an agreement with Sudan and Uganda to begin the repatriation of some 120,000 Sudanese refugees to Eastern Equatoria state in south Sudan. The programme is expected to start in August. -
UNHCR resumes repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Uganda's West Nile region
28 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency has recently resumed the repatriation of southern Sudanese refugees from the West Nile region of Uganda some six weeks after the programme was suspended due to an outbreak of meningitis. -
Congolese refugees return home from Uganda as fighting subsides
8 Dec 2006 Several thousand Congolese refugees who fled to Uganda earlier this week have returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the fighting that panicked them eased. -
Tripartite mission gives boost to repatriation of Angolans in Republic of Congo
2 Nov 2006 A recent visit by Angolan officials to the Republic of Congo has given a fillip to efforts to repatriate some 2,900 Angolan refugees. On Thursday, 65 refugees were flown to Luanda as part of the UNHCR repatriation programme, while another 200 will go home by convoy later this month.