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UNHCR joins task force aimed at easing tension between Somalis and locals in South African township
15 Mar 2007 Attacks on Somali traders mid-February in a South African township have focused attention on the problems of xenophobia and tension between the Somalis and locals. UNHCR has joined a task force aimed at finding ways to ease the situation and end violence. -
Somali refugee traders and their South African hosts struggle to get along
13 Mar 2007 UNHCR is concerned about the increase in the number of attacks on Somali refugees, which the Somali Association of South Africa claims have left more than 400 people dead in the past 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. -
Flow of asylum seekers to South Africa grows in 2006
2 Feb 2007 Growing numbers of asylum seekers entered South Africa in 2006, with more than a third of applications coming from Zimbabweans. The number of new applicants for refugee status exceeded the government's stepped-up efforts to clear the backlog that had existed from previous years. -
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. -
UNHCR seeks support of Portuguese in Switzerland for Angola projects
22 Nov 2006 High Commissioner António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal, addressed representatives of Switzerland's 167,000-strong Portuguese community in an event designed to raise awareness of UNHCR's work around the world and raise funds for two projects in Angola. -
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. -
Angolan refugees choose repatriation or relocation as their camp in Zambia closes
19 Oct 2006 Nangweshi Refugee Camp, established during the last throes of the Angolan civil war, is steadily emptying as the 15,000 residents opt for either repatriation or relocation to a less isolated settlement that offers a better prospect for agricultural self-sufficiency.