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<title><![CDATA[New Year heralds fresh beginning for Rwandan refugees leaving Pakistan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Muhammad Saeed, who was stranded in Pakistan when genocide erupted in his homeland, flew home with his Rwandan wife and four children born in exile.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How can it be my home when I've never even seen my homeland?]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of children born as refugees in Tanzania face the challenge of coming "back" to Burundi - a country they've never seen before.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Returnees build their own village back in South Sudan]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After some 20 years living in Khartoum, the 1,600 returnees were stranded because they no longer had family ties or a place to go.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[After a decade in Mogadishu, Tanzanian refugees return to Zanzibar]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This past weekend UNHCR successfully completed the voluntary repatriation of 38 Tanzanian refugees from Zanzibar who had been residing in Mogadishu for the past 11 years.
The group, comprising 12 families,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[From Mogadishu with love: a refugee's dream to see Zanzibar again

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<description><![CDATA[Suleiman's dream comes true as UNHCR repatriates 38 Tanzanian refugees from Zanzibar who had been living in the Somali capital Mogadishu for years.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Protracted refugee situations in Liberia and Angola to finally end]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Refugee status ends this weekend for refugees from the two countries, but UNHCR will assist those who have registered to return home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR increases returns for Angolan refugees ahead of end June deadline]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Later this month, on June 30th, group refugee status will formally end for people who fled Angola during the country's 1965-75 war of Independence from Portugal and during the subsequent civil war which...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR repatriates almost 14,000 Angolans; steps up pace of return ahead of deadline]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Group refugee status will formally end on June 30 for people who fled Angola during the 1965-75 war of independence and the subsequent civil war. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR repatriates Ivorian refugees from unstable Mali]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR helped 104 Ivorian refugees fly back home earlier this week from Bamako, the Malian capital where they felt insecure due to continuing instability. UNHCR organized their repatriation by air as general...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angolan refugees return home from Namibia ahead of June deadline]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, UNHCR organized the voluntary repatriation of Angolan refugees from Namibia as part of our overall effort to help return for as many Angolan refugees as possible, ahead of the cessation of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[After decades, a journey home for Angolan refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Families that had been living as refugees in Namibia are assisted by UNHCR over the course of a three-day journey back to their homeland.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR restarts return programme for Angolan refugees in DR Congo]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is today restarting a repatriation programme for Angolan refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after a four year hiatus. 252 people are being returned to Angola from the Congolese...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Voluntary returns to Afghanistan - over 60,000 this year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The number of Afghan refugees returning home from Pakistan, Iran and other countries under UNHCR's voluntary return operation has exceeded 60,000 to date in 2011. 43,000 of these are from Pakistan and...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps first group of Sri Lankan refugees return by ferry from India]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The ferry returns add a new dimension to the UN refugee agency's voluntary return programme for civilians who fled the island nation during a time of conflict.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ferry returns of Sri Lankan refugees from India due to start Wednesday]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is expecting the first returns of Sri Lankan refugees by commercial ferry from India to start on Wednesday, 12th October. The returns are part of a voluntary, facilitated repatriation programme,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Congolese returns resume as refugee status in Gabon nears end]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In Gabon, we are working with the government to help find solutions for the last remaining Congolese refugees before their refugee status comes to an end on Sunday.
The cessation clause will apply to some...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[38,000 internally displaced head home from Pakistan's Jalozai camp]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In Pakistan, the latest phase in a return operation for people displaced by fighting in the tribal areas was completed on Sunday 5th June. Over the past two months 38,000 people were assisted in leaving...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stranded Liberian refugees return home from Côte d'Ivoire]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This week, more than 200 Liberian refugees left UNHCR's compound in Abidjan and returned home as UNHCR resumed voluntary repatriation to Liberia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR urges Thailand against forced returns to Myanmar]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Tuesday 28 December 2010
The UN refugee agency is concerned over the circumstances of the return of some 166 Myanmar nationals seeking temporary protection from Thailand on 25 December, urging...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR resumes repatriation of Congolese refugees from Burundi]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR resumes the assisted repatriation of Congolese refugees from Burundi to South Kivu province after a hiatus of more than two years due to insecurity.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 1 Nov 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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