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Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia clamour for repatriation to southern Sudan
5 Apr 2007 UNHCR plans this year to assist the return of some 18,000 of the 57,000 Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia. But growing numbers of Sudanese want to go back home immediately. -
New repatriation corridors open from Ethiopia to southern Sudan
12 Mar 2007 Two new repatriation corridors from western Ethiopia to south Sudan opened at the weekend, paving the way for the return home of thousands of refugees. The first two convoys, carrying more than 800 Sudanese refugees, set off from camps in western Ethiopia. -
UNHCR emergency team assesses needs in northern Somalia's Galkayo region
15 Jan 2007 A four-member UNHCR emergency team has been assessing the needs of thousands of displaced people in the Galkayo region of northern Somalia. The team is expected to pave the way for a permanent international presence in the region for the first time since the 1990s. -
UNHCR sends supplies, emergency teams to Somalia and Ethiopia
12 Jan 2007 The UN refugee agency has begun airlifting supplies to Somalia and has also dispatched emergency teams to verify reports of new displacement in north-east Somalia and a possible influx of Somali refugees into eastern Ethiopia. -
Environmental group sows vital awareness among Sudanese refugees
22 Dec 2006 The refugees at Sherkole camp have lost a lot in their lives, but they have also gained a healthy respect for the environment since arriving here. It's an asset that will be valuable once they return to their homes in southern Sudan. -
UNHCR resumes repatriation of Sudanese from Ethiopia's Bonga camp
14 Dec 2006 The UN refugee agency has resumed the assisted repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Ethiopia with a first group of 500 leaving for their homeland earlier this week. -
US-bound teen dreams of helping his native Sudan despite identity crisis
5 Oct 2006 Deng Duot flew out of Ethiopia for a new life in the United States last month, but the 16-year-old Sudanese refugee felt like he was going into exile. His dilemma is one faced by many refugees born and raised in host countries and now facing repatriation or resettlement overseas. -
Sudanese refugee uses scraps and camp waste to make life more comfortable
10 Aug 2006 Sudanese refugee Repan Sadik makes electronic equipment from scraps found around the Bonga refugee camp in western Ethiopia. UNHCR recognised his skills with an award and he hopes that his gift with gadgets will help win him a place in a college overseas to study electronics. -
Joyful cries greet first convoy home to South Sudan from Ethiopia
4 Apr 2006 The first convoys organised by UNHCR to bring South Sudanese refugees home from Ethiopia have crossed the border into Sudan with 500 refugees on board - two-thirds of them were children who were seeing their "homeland" for the first time.