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Influx into Chad intensifies; some new arrivals wounded
24 Feb 2003 The conflict in the Central African Republic has driven an additional 15,000 Central African refugees and Chadians into Chad in the last four days. Some are wounded while others have walked 200 km to safety. Plans are underway to set up a camp for the refugees and to transport the returning Chadians home. -
Desperate conditions for thousands of new arrivals in Chad
20 Feb 2003 A UNHCR assessment team has confirmed that thousands of Central African refugees and returning Chadians are living without shelter or food in south-western Chad. The Chadian government has offered a site to host the refugees and is working on sending its nationals back to their areas of origin. -
Fighting in Central African Republic drives thousands into Chad
18 Feb 2003 Some 6,000 Central Africans and an estimated 13,000 Chadians living in the Central African Republic (CAR) have fled to Chad following recent fighting between the CAR government troops and rebel forces. A team from the UN refugee agency is assessing the new arrivals' needs at the border. -
Central African refugees stuck on border with DR Congo
30 Oct 2002 People fleeing fighting in the Central African Republic have been barred from crossing into the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Central African soldiers demanding money for passage. Most of those who did manage to enter the DRC are living with relatives near the border. -
Central African refugees flee for DR Congo; UNHCR warns of potential ethnic tensions
29 Oct 2002 Weekend fighting in the Central African Republic drives people into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, raising concerns that the new arrivals could clash with existing refugees. UNHCR seeks to prevent the showdown by screening and separating the rival groups. -
Long-awaited transfer of Central African refugees in Congo begins
9 Jan 2002 The first of some 5,000 Central African refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are transferred to a safer camp further inland. -
Central African Republic refugees turn down call from their country's president to return home
5 Dec 2001 Representatives for some 23,000 refugees from the Central African Republic have turned down a call from their country's president to return home, saying that the conditions necessary for their immediate repatriation have not been met. -
Transfer of former Central African Republic soldiers completed; civilians to be moved to new camp
20 Nov 2001 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has completed moving some 1,000 former Central African Republic soldiers from the town of Zongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where they were living near refugees who also fled the fighting in their country earlier this year. UNHCR can now begin transferring some 10,000 refugees to a camp at Mole. -
Separation of civilian and military refugees begins in Democratic Republic of the Congo
16 Oct 2001 The long-awaited separation of civilian and military refugees from the Central African Republic began Monday with the transfer of 65 former combatants to a site further inland in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.