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<title><![CDATA[Western Sahara – latest confidence-building meeting concludes in Portugal ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, welcomes the successful conclusion on Saturday February 8 of a seminar involving 33 participants from the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria and Western Sahara territory,...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief welcomes latest talks in Geneva between Morocco and Polisario Front on confidence building measures]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[António Guterres notes enhanced cooperation on confidence building measure]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Confidence building programme helps Sahrawi families reconnect]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[At the heart of the programme are weekly flights that briefly reunite Sahrawi refugees living in windswept, isolated camps in Algeria's Tindouf region.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR launches first flight in expanded family visit programme for Sahrawis]]></title> 
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GENEVA - UNHCR on Wednesday launched the first flight in an expanded programme of visits for long-separated Sahrawi families in the Tindouf camps of Algeria and in Western Sahara Territory.
A Boeing 737...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More Sahrawis to benefit as UNHCR expands family reunion programme ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR launches the first flight in an expanded programme of visits for long- separated Sahrawi families in camps in Algeria and Western Sahara Territory.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Western Sahara - significant progress made in expanding confidence building measures  for long separated families ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[GENEVA - Today the UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and the Personal Envoy of the Secretary General for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, wrapped up a meeting with Morocco and the Polisario...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Geneva agreement to boost confidence-building measures for Sahrawis]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Morocco and the Polisario Front movement agree on expanding confidence-building measures to benefit separated families from Western Sahara.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flights to resume for family visits between refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria and Western Sahara Territory]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that our Confidence Building Measures programme to facilitate family visits between refugees living in camps near Tindouf, Algeria, and their families in the Western Sahara Territory...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 Jan 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR disappointed at aborted family-visit flight for Western Saharan refugees
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<description><![CDATA[GENEVA - On Friday, September 17th, UNHCR resumed a stalled programme of family-visit flights aimed at helping Western Saharan Refugees with a flight from Smara City in Moroccan-administered Western Sahara...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR/CBM Western Sahara Fact Sheet (August 2010)]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Sat, 0 Aug 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR to expand confidence-building programme for Sahrawi refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR chief Guterres secures agreement from key players to expand confidence-building measures for Sahrawi refugees from Western Sahara.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR Chief starts visit in North Africa]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner António Guterres arrives in Algiers today for a 5-day visit to Algeria and Morocco that will include meetings with top government officials in both countries, visits to Western Sahara,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Donor mission to Sahrawi refugee camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[  Tomorrow, representatives of donor countries and NGO partners, accompanied by UNHCR and WFP staff, will start a three-day mission to the Sahrawi refugee camps in western Algeria to see first-hand the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Runners raise US$22,500 for refugees in Sahara Marathon]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of runners taking part in this year's Sahara Marathon have donated US$22,500 to construct a sports centre for Sahrawi refugees in southern Algeria.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Funding needed for two vital operations]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR is urgently in need of funding for our work in the Western Sahara and Algeria refugee camps and for our repatriation operation for Mauritanian refugees. Yesterday, we convened a special donor meeting...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Algeria: Funding shortfall threatens Sahrawi confidence-building measures]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR is very concerned about a lack of funding which could bring a halt to confidence-building measures connecting Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps in Algeria and their relatives in the Western...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR concerned about confidence-building programme for Sahrawis]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency said on Tuesday it feared that a lack of funding could bring a halt to confidence-building measures connecting Sahrawi refugees in Algeria and their relatives in the Western Sahara Territory.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR-WFP team finds dire health conditions in Algerian refugee camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR specialists have highlighted dire health conditions in Algerian camps for Sahrawi refugees. The experts made the findings during a joint food assessment mission with officials from the World Food Programme]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mission to assess food situation in Sahrawi refugee camps in western Algeria]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Today, nutrition and food management specialists from UNHCR and WFP will start a 12-day mission to the Sahrawi refugee camps in western Algeria to assess the dire food situation and the nutritional status...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Western Sahara: Family visits resumed]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ After a five-month suspension, UNHCR today resumed family visits between Sahrawi refugees living in the camps in Tindouf, south-western Algeria, and their relatives living in various towns in the Western...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Nov 2006 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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