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Tying up legal loose ends helps Afghans return from Iran
24 Nov 2005 Four years after the fall of the Taliban regime, Afghan refugees continue to go home in large numbers from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan. But the desire to return is often complicated by outstanding legal and financial issues - a situation that, in Iran, has been eased by an effective dispute-solving process. -
Last group of Iranian Kurd refugees starts relocation from endangered Iraq camp
10 Nov 2005 On Wednesday, registration of a group of 439 Iranian Kurd refugees began in Kawa, northern Iraq. The new site will accommodate the last 2,000 refugees left in the decades-old Al Tash camp, which has been beset by violence and insecurity since the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003. -
Iraq: Iranian Kurds to be transferred from insecure Al Tash camp
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From Jordan's desert to Sweden's winter - a refugee family's story
7 Jun 2005 After spending most of their lives in refugee camps, Yaseen and his family were resettled to Sweden late last year. UNHCR checks back with them six months later, and finds them starting a hopeful life in their new home. -
Afghan New Year signals new returns, new challenges
21 Mar 2005 Afghanistan and Iran are celebrating naw roz today, marking the end of a harsh winter and a new season of activity. This year, many Afghans are expected to follow in the footsteps of the over 1 million who have returned home from Iran, seeking a better life in their homeland. -
Iran: UNHCR part of joint UN earthquake relief effort
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UNHCR increasingly concerned about Iranian Kurds on Iraq/Jordan border
11 Feb 2005 -
Refugees at Iraq-Jordan border receive urgent aid
11 Feb 2005 A group of 102 Iranian Kurd refugees from Iraq's Al Tash camp who have been stranded at the Iraq-Jordan border for weeks today received food and relief supplies from the UN refugee agency through the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organisation. -
Over half of Iraqi refugees in Iran have gone home, says UNHCR
16 Dec 2004 UNHCR and the Iranian government are closing several camps for Iraqi refugees with the departure of an estimated 107,000 Iraqi refugees since the end of Saddam Hussein's rule last year. The agency is also helping the Iraqi government to strengthen local capacity to reintegrate the refugees.