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UNHCR starts moving recent Congolese refugees in Uganda
6 Jun 2003 Under a joint relocation operation by the UN refugee agency and the Ugandan government, a first group of 23 Congolese refugees who recently fled fighting in Ituri district have been transferred to an existing camp in Uganda to consolidate assistance for the new arrivals. -
Congolese march to Uganda: "Soldiers before us, death behind us"
21 May 2003 More than 20,000 refugees have fled recent ethnic clashes in north-eastern Congo. Some of them marched behind retreating Ugandan troops and arrived along Uganda's Lake Albert, where many are sleeping rough in hope of returning home as soon as the situation stabilises. -
Uganda counts close to 20,000 new Congolese refugees from Ituri region
19 May 2003 Assessment teams have found another 10,000 Congolese refugees in areas north of Lake Albert, bringing to nearly 20,000 the total number of people fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo's volatile Ituri region. Many are living with relatives and may not want to move to government-allocated camps. -
Congolese refugees from troubled Ituri district living in poor conditions along Ugandan lake
16 May 2003 An assessment team has found large groups of Congolese refugees along Uganda's Lake Albert, though initial indications suggest the number of arrivals may not be as alarming as previously reported. The UN refugee agency is exploring ways of transferring needy refugees to a government-designated site. -
Lubbers reassures displaced Sudanese in Uganda
14 Apr 2003 On a three-day mission to Uganda, UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has told thousands of Sudanese refugees displaced from Achol-Pii camp last year that UNHCR is working with the government to move them out of the crowded Kiryandongo camp to a safe alternative site. -
Feature: Uganda's refugees stand tall with new sports equipment
27 Feb 2003 Song and dance greeted a recent German contribution of sports equipment to Uganda's Nakivale refugee settlement. The donation, facilitated by sports development group Right to Play, seeks to help liven up the refugees' long days away from home. -
War shatters Congolese teenager's dreams
13 Dec 2002 The story of a young Congolese whose quiet schoolday suddenly turned into a headlong flight from bullets and burning. -
UNHCR issues ID cards to Congo's refugees
22 Nov 2002 In a bid to ensure better refugee protection, the UN refugee agency has joined hands with the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo to issue ID cards to some 440,000 refugees and asylum seekers in the two countries. -
Twice-displaced refugees find new home in Uganda
15 Oct 2002 "They killed many people, but we just ran and ran."