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Joint UNHCR-government registration starts in Eritrea's camps
21 Nov 2003 The UN refugee agency and the Eritrean government have just concluded the first phase of a registration exercise for more than 4,000 refugees in the country. The new data collected will be used to better tailor assistance and protection to the needs of the refugees, including those who may wish to return home. -
Eritrea returns must go beyond crossing border, says Lubbers
14 Nov 2003 Returning refugees must also receive reconstruction assistance to help them reintegrate in their home areas, said UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers, calling for other UN agencies to collaborate on returnee projects in Eritrea. -
Lubbers leads Eritreans home; thanks hosts in Sudan
13 Nov 2003 UNHCR chief Ruud Lubbers has led a return convoy of nearly 900 refugees from Sudan to Eritrea after telling his Sudanese hosts that the agency would help rehabilitate some of the refugee-hosting areas in the east. -
UNHCR resumes return convoys from Sudan to Eritrea
14 Oct 2003 The UN refugee agency is restarting its programme to help Eritrean refugees go home with the end of the rainy season in Sudan. UNHCR is also handing over vacated camps and infrastructure in Sudan to the local authorities. -
Feature: Refugees in Uganda move towards self-reliance
13 Oct 2003 Under the Self Reliance Strategy, refugees in Uganda have been allocated land to grow their own food, among other initiatives. This has made them less dependent on handouts, boosted their self-esteem and given them skills to rebuild their communities upon return. -
Sudanese refugees struggle to cope at new settlements in Uganda
3 Oct 2003 The UN refugee agency has run out of money to help thousands of Sudanese refugees displaced repeatedly by conflicts at home and in their host country, Uganda. Recently transferred to new settlements in northern Uganda, these refugees are in urgent need of water, mosquito nets, health care and education. -
Transfer of Sudanese between Ugandan camps now proceeding calmly
8 Sep 2003 More than half the 16,000 Sudanese refugees scheduled to be relocated from an overcrowded camp in western Uganda have now been successfully transported to new camps in the north of the country, after violent scenes marred the start of the government-run operation on September 1. -
Sudanese refugees in Uganda arrive in new home after rocky start
2 Sep 2003 Sudanese refugees in Uganda arrive in new home after rocky start. The first of some 15,000 Sudanese refugees to be relocated from central Uganda's Kiryandongo camp have arrived in their new home in the north after a rocky start to the relocation operation. -
Last group of Kenyan exiles return home from Uganda
29 Aug 2003 More than 100 former dissidents who fled to Uganda under Kenya's previous government have returned home to a new political era. They received relief items from the UN refugee agency to help them settle back into life in their homeland.