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Refugee agency launches final phase of repatriation for Angolans in DRC
13 Oct 2006 The UN refugee agency on Friday launched the final phase of its repatriation operation for Angolan refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by starting to return home more than 20,000 Angolan refugees and their dependants from the Bas Congo region. When this phase is completed, it will mark the end of UNHCR's four-year repatriation programme for Angolan refugees. -
UNHCR prepares for Swaziland to take over all refugee services
9 Oct 2006 Nearly 30 years after UNHCR opened an office in the tiny mountain kingdom of Swaziland to help people fleeing apartheid in South Africa, the UN agency is preparing for the country to take sole responsibility for all refugee services. -
UNHCR starts major relocation of Angolan refugees in Zambia
2 Oct 2006 The UN refugee agency on Monday began transferring remaining Angolans from the Nangweshi refugee camp in western Zambia, starting the closure of a site that was established in 2000 to shelter people fleeing the last convulsion of the civil war in Angola. -
Star-crossed Angolan refugee begins a new life in Canada
4 Sep 2006 Angolan refugee Christine Dimfueni has had a hard life, losing both parents when she was young, suffering the death of a child and seeing her husband murdered. Today, she is looking forward to a better life in Canada, where she was resettled earlier this year under a UNHCR programme. -
Angolan repatriation from Zambia resumes for final year
15 Aug 2006 The voluntary repatriation of Angolan refugees from Zambia resumed on Tuesday, providing them with a final chance to return with UNHCR help. The first group of 45 refugees went by road from Meheba Refugee Settlement to Ndola airport. After the four-hour drive they were airlifted to Angola. -
Tension in South Africa as refugees and residents compete
12 Jul 2006 In a poor settlement near Johannesburg, competition between local and refugee traders triggered a demand for the expulsion of all Somali businessmen - one of a number of incidents of xenophobia that UNHCR, the government and other organisations are tackling in South Africa. -
South Africa tackles its growing backlog in asylum applications
6 Jul 2006 The South African government has launched a project to clear a backlog of some 100,000 asylum applications, the only major blot in an otherwise exemplary record of receiving refugees. -
South African government meets refugees, listens to their problems
29 Jun 2006 Senior members of the South African government have met directly with refugees and asylum seekers this week, listening to their problems and promising to overcome deficiencies in the asylum process. -
Cape Town issues groundbreaking declaration of rights for its refugees
21 Jun 2006 Cape Town, home to thousands of refugees, has issued a formal pledge to honour the legal rights that South Africa has promised to refugees. The coastal city also pledged to support their integration into local society.