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Hopeful Central African refugees return home from DR Congo

After fleeing violence and spending years living in camps, UNHCR is easing the route home for thousands of refugees from CAR who are choosing to return to safer areas.

6 May 2022

Insecurity drives more Burkinabe into exile, further straining fragile Sahel region

4 Feb 2022

Thousands of DR Congo refugees in Zambia opt to head home

21 Dec 2021

Burundian refugees head home but face reintegration challenges

Over 60,000 refugees have returned this year from across the region as tensions ease in Burundi, although more aid is urgently needed to help them pick up their lives and start over.

27 Oct 2021

More than 60,000 Burundian refugees voluntarily return home this year

26 Oct 2021

UNHCR restarts operation to help return of refugees from the Central African Republic

26 Oct 2021

Ivorians return home ahead of their refugee status coming to an end

Repatriations are accelerating as UNHCR recommends an end to refugee status for the vast majority of Ivorians.

7 Oct 2021

UNHCR recommends the cessation of refugee status for Ivorians

7 Oct 2021

Starting over is not easy but Burundian refugees are hopeful as they return home

Hope and expectation as Burundian refugees return home after years in exile in Rwanda.

3 May 2021
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