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New groups of Central Africans flee to Chad
19 Aug 2005 Some 4,000 Central African refugees have arrived in southern Chad in the last eight days, fleeing attacks by unidentified armed groups at home. They are living in makeshift conditions near the volatile border while UNHCR works with the Chadian government to explore relocation options. -
Chad reports new influx of Central African refugees
29 Jul 2005 More than 1,200 Central Africans have crossed into Chad in the last week after fleeing insecurity at home. UNHCR is registering them ahead of plans to transfer them from border villages to Amboko camp further inland as soon as next week. -
First of 10,000 refugees moved to camp in southern Chad
13 Jul 2005 Ninety-seven Central African refugees have been transferred in a pilot convoy from Betel village in southern Chad to Amboko camp near Goré. Many more will follow as UNHCR rushes to relocate them to the camp where they can receive assistance before they are isolated by rains and floods. -
UNHCR to start urgent relocation operation for 10,000 refugees in southern Chad
8 Jul 2005 Chadian officials today agreed to UNHCR's request for the urgent relocation of 10,000 refugees staying in several makeshift settlements scattered along Chad's remote southern border with the Central African Republic before they are cut off by flooding during the upcoming rainy season. -
Refugee relocation operation in southern Chad rushes to beat the rainy season
5 Jul 2005 With rainy season floods just days away, UNHCR is scrambling to relocate some 10,000 refugees from the troubled Central African Republic who recently arrived in several villages in remote southern Chad with little more than the clothes on their backs. -
Tailoring projects to suit refugee needs in southern Chad
30 Jun 2005 Away from the international attention on Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad, Central African refugees in the south are quietly benefiting from income-generating projects like weaving, embroidery and milling. They are also growing crops for sale, with help from the Chadian authorities, UNHCR and its partners. -
UNHCR rushes supplies to over 8,500 Central Africans in Chad
17 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency has sent emergency supplies to southern Chad, where more than 8,500 recent arrivals from the Central African Republic are encamped after fleeing increasing violence between governmental forces and unidentified armed groups back home. -
More than 1,500 Congolese brave tough journey home
26 Nov 2004 Despite the thick bush and poor road conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Equateur province, UNHCR has helped some 1,500 refugees return on boats, trucks and airlifts from the Central African Republic in the last month. -
UN refugee agency begins repatriation of Congolese refugees
21 Oct 2004 UNHCR has launched a voluntary repatriation programme for Congolese refugees in the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR). Long awaited by the refugees, the returns to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's north-west province of Equateur are fraught with logistical difficulties.