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UNHCR gives refugees in Mozambique the skills to be self-sufficient
2 Jan 2007 From eggs to maize, from vocational training to granting small business loans, the UN refugee agency is trying to give some 5,000 refugees and asylum seekers in Mozambique the tools they need to become self-sufficient. -
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. -
Plastic shopping bags provide an income for Somali refugees in Ethiopia
21 Mar 2006 Discarded plastic bags once littered the landscape of Kebribeyah refugee camp in eastern Ethiopia, home to thousands of Somali refugees. But a scheme run jointly by UNHCR and the non-governmental organisation ZOA-Netherlands, is not only helping to solve this environmental problem but is also providing many refugees with a much needed income. -
Bossaso port in Somalia unlikely El Dorado for the displaced
1 Mar 2006 Without a single paved street, traffic light or neon sign, the north-eastern Somali port town of Bossaso makes an unlikely El Dorado. Yet it has become a magnet for tens of thousands of former refugees and others from all corners of Somalia because of its relative peace and stability and job opportunities. UNHCR is trying to raise $120 million to help improve the lives of the people of Bossaso and other Somalis. -
Agreement in Ethiopia paves way for Sudanese refugees to return home
27 Feb 2006 An agreement paving the way home for some 73,000 South Sudanese refugees currently in Ethiopia, was signed on Monday between the UN refugee agency and the governments of Ethiopia and Sudan. The first repatriation movement from the camps in western Ethiopia is expected to take place in March.