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Liberian returnee camp closes as inhabitants go home
13 Jul 2005 Perry Town returnee camp closed recently after all its inhabitants were helped home by UNHCR. It was the sixth camp to close as the pace of returns picks up amid improved security and rehabilitation in Liberia. -
Liberian returnees urge displaced compatriots to come home
7 Jul 2005 A UNHCR team visiting Liberia's areas of return this week spoke to returnees who said they were happy to be home and that conditions were improving. Houses were being rebuilt and services were up and running, but the shortage of trained workers has prompted a call for more returns. -
First return convoy takes Congolese refugees in Angola home
20 Jun 2005 In a reverse of the usual flow of refugees, the UN refugee agency last week organised the first convoy for 42 Congolese living in Angola to return home to western Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Angolan refugees help to rehabilitate Congolese camps
3 Jun 2005 Angolan refugees and their local hosts in Nkondo and Kilueka villages are working together to plant 60,000 trees in the area after the repatriation of some 20,000 refugees to Angola. -
Liberian refugees rush home to register to vote
30 May 2005 Hundreds of Liberian refugees are returning home from neighbouring countries ahead of the June 4 deadline to register to vote in the October elections. -
Congolese sites close as last Angolan refugees leave
30 May 2005 A last convoy of 263 Angolan refugees has returned home from refugee sites in the southern Congolese region of Kisenge, ending a refugee programme that ran for more than 20 years. -
UNHCR starts last season of Angola-bound flights from Zambia
17 May 2005 More than 200 Angolan refugees flew home from Zambia yesterday as the UN refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration started the last season of airlifts to Angola. -
Zambia starts last year of repatriation to Angola
11 May 2005 A first convoy of 75 Angolan refugees has returned home to Cazombo from Zambia's Meheba refugee settlement as the UN refugee agency starts its third and last season of repatriation to Angola. -
The short road home to Lofa county
26 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency this week started repatriating Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone through a new route that will more than halve the travelling time to Lofa, Liberia's largest area of return.