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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR wraps up the Liberian repatriation operation]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In West Africa, UNHCR has concluded the repatriation operation for tens of thousands of Liberians who were forced into exile because of 14 years of civil war in their country. The final 724 Liberians returned...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR completes repatriation of 155,000 Liberians]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The voluntary repatriation programme began in 2004 after peace was restored and officially concluded 23 years after civil war first broke out in Liberia.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes Brazilian residency for Angolan and Liberian refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency welcomes a decision by the Brazilian government to grant permanent residency to nearly 2000 former Angolan and Liberian refugees. Brazils Ministry of Justice issued a decree on October...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes Brazilian residency for Angolan and Liberian refugees ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Brazilian statistics suggest the decision will affect 1,681 Angolan and 271 Liberian refugees, representing almost 40 per cent of the refugee population in Brazil.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 1,600 Liberians return in one day after refugee status ends]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A month after their refugee status ended, another 12,000 Liberians still need help to return to Liberia from the region. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 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[End of refugee status for Angolan and Liberian exiles this weekend]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This weekend, two of the most protracted refugee situations in Africa will finally come to an end. On June 30, cessation clauses will enter into force for refugees from Liberia and Angola on the basis...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Surge in returns this year as end of refugee status for Liberians nears  ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 8,500 Liberians have repatriated this year. At the end of June, people who fled overseas during the civil war will no longer be refugees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN Security Council diplomats visit Ivorian refugees in Liberia ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Ambassadors from all 15 Security Council member states meet some of the 7,600 refugees in the PTP camp in eastern Liberia and hear their concerns.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberian fisherman returns to lost family as refugee status deadline looms]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Joseph is joining a growing number of Liberians who are returning with UNHCR help before they lose refugee status. Some 4,800 have gone home this year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Snail farmers make trails in refugee income generation project]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Thirty Ivorian refugees take part in a UNHCR snail farming project at a camp in Liberia. Experts say it's a business with bright commercial prospects.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR working to help conclude three African refugee situations]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is implementing a set of comprehensive strategies aimed at closing three of Africa's longstanding refugee situations, namely those involving Angolan, Liberian and Rwandan refugees.
These strategies-which...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Giving back, Liberian health worker cares for displaced Ivorians]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Two decades ago, Theo Neewrayson fled war-torn Liberia and found refuge in neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire. Now back home, he is returning the favor to displaced Ivorians.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR steps up repatriation from Liberia to Côte d'Ivoire ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR repatriates a group of almost 550 Ivorian refugees from the Liberian counties of Nimba and Grand Gedeh, marking a stepped up repatriation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 Dec 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps first group of Ivorian refugees return home from Liberia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A convoy carrying 118 people left the Solo refugee camp and arrived four hours later at a transit centre in Toulepleu, Côte d'Ivoire.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New Ivorian refugee camp opened in eastern Liberia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, in Liberia, we opened a sixth camp for Ivorian refugees who have been living with host communities near the border since fleeing the post-election unrest in Côte d'Ivoire. The aim is to improve...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR opens new camp for Ivorian refugees in eastern Liberia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR opens a sixth camp for up to 27,000 refugees from Côte d'Ivoire who have been living with host communities in eastern Liberia for months.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More Ivorian refugees move into Liberia's camps ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Over 3,000 Ivorian refugees have moved into Liberia's camps in recent weeks as they weigh their plans for the future. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR repatriates stranded Liberian refugees from Côte d'Ivoire]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[This week UNHCR resumed the repatriation of Liberian refugees who had been stranded at our Abidjan office compound during the post-election crisis in Côte d'Ivoire. On Tuesday and Thursday, two chartered...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 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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