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Rehabilitate more areas for Angola's returnees, urges Lubbers
22 Aug 2003 UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has urged the Angolan government to prioritise the rehabilitation of war-damaged areas so that more communes can soon be open for Angolan returnees from regional countries. -
Angola: UNHCR looks to increase pace of returns
12 Aug 2003 -
Angolan returns cross 12,000; UNHCR plans gradual increase
12 Aug 2003 More than 12,000 Angolan refugees have returned home since organised repatriation started on June 20. The UN refugee agency is stepping up efforts to open areas of return, provide reintegration assistance and reach out to spontaneous returnees. -
Returns to Angola
18 Jul 2003 -
Refugee returns to Angola gather momentum
17 Jul 2003 Over the past four weeks, more than 5,000 Angolans have returned to their homes from years of exile in the neighbouring countries. -
Zambia/Angola situation
11 Jul 2003 -
Zambia bids festive farewell to first Angolan returnees
11 Jul 2003 UNHCR staff, Zambian officials and thousands of Angolan refugees in western Zambia's Meheba camp thronged a departure centre on Friday to see off the first return convoy of 500 refugees making a 400-km journey to their homeland. -
UNHCR starts repatriation of Angolans from Namibia
3 Jul 2003 UNHCR's return operation for Angolan refugees, which started in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 20 June, has now been expanded to include those returning from Namibia. -
Angola: Second repatriation convoy due to leave DRC
24 Jun 2003