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UNHCR begins repatriating Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia following outbreak of fighting
14 Feb 2002 The first group of Sierra Leonean refugees transported by UNHCR return to their country following renewed fighting in Liberia between government troops and rebels belonging to Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy. -
Liberia: first UNHCR-assisted return of Sierra Leoneans next month
18 Jan 2002 -
UNHCR to assist in voluntary repatriation of Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia
18 Jan 2002 Following a spate of spontaneous returns and repeated requests for help from Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia, UNHCR decides to help begin repatriating uprooted people eager to return home. -
Sierra Leone: convoys from Liberia suspended
8 Jan 2002 -
UNHCR suspends transporting Sierra Leonean refugees as security in Liberian camp improves
8 Jan 2002 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has temporarily stopped transporting Sierra Leonean refugees from the Liberian border to resettlement camps after security conditions improved at the Sinje II camp near Monrovia. -
Conflict in Liberia increases number of Sierra Leonean refugees returning home
26 Dec 2001 Intensified fighting between Liberian rebels and army units and reports that Liberian soldiers harass refugees significantly increases the number of Sierra Leoneans returning home. -
Sierra Leone: over 5,000 repatriated
21 Dec 2001 -
More than 5,000 Sierra Leone refugees return home since start of month
21 Dec 2001 More than 5,000 Sierra Leonean refugees who had been waiting in Freetown for security conditions to improve have returned to their homes since the start of the month. They are part of a group of 16,000 people who returned to their country from Guinea over the past year. -
Guinea: Sierra Leone returns increase
11 Dec 2001