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UNHCR makes gradual return to Liberia this week
11 Aug 2003 The UN refugee agency is moving back into the Liberian capital of Monrovia with senior and emergency staff, as well as basic relief supplies. Upon its full return, UNHCR plans to help up to 300,000 Sierra Leonean and Ivorian refugees, displaced Liberians and Liberian returnees. -
UNHCR prepares to return to Monrovia
5 Aug 2003 With the arrival of international peacekeepers in Liberia, the UN refugee agency is standing by to return to the conflict-hit country with humanitarian aid and emergency staff once the situation improves and the UN security team gives its clearance. -
Refugees may flee to Guinea as Liberian rebels advance, warns UNHCR
31 Jul 2003 Rebels of the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL) have reportedly captured towns in Nimba county, north-eastern Liberia. The UN refugee agency has cautioned that the latest fighting may send refugees in the area fleeing into nearby Guinea. -
Liberian rebels overrun another Monrovia camp
29 Jul 2003 Fighting around the Liberian capital has spread to Samukai camp - home of more than 3,500 Sierra Leonean refugees, some of whom had been due to leave in an emergency sea evacuation to Freetown -
Gunfire hits UNHCR compound in Monrovia
25 Jul 2003 A fresh barrage of mortar fire has killed several people near the UNHCR office in the Liberian capital. Stray gunfire also hit the refugee agency's compound, where more than 800 refugees and displaced people - including two women in labour - are living in fear and desperation. -
Situation dire for hundreds sheltering in UNHCR's Monrovia compound
23 Jul 2003 Hundreds of Sierra Leonean refugees have jammed the UNHCR compound in war-ravaged Monrovia amid continued fighting between government troops and rebels. These refugees are increasingly desperate for food and pleading for evacuation. -
Evacuation of Sierra Leoneans aborted amid renewed fighting in Monrovia
21 Jul 2003 The UN refugee agency has expressed grave concern over resurgent fighting in the Liberian capital that has overrun two refugee camps and interrupted the repatriation by sea of Sierra Leonean refugees in Monrovia. -
UNHCR ship carries 300 refugees to safety in Sierra Leone
7 Jul 2003 The first 300 Sierra Leonean refugees evacuated from Liberia arrive safely back in their homeland aboard a UNHCR-chartered rescue ship that is now returning the war-shattered Liberian capital of Monrovia to pick up others desperate to flee. -
UNHCR begins refugee evacuation from Liberia
4 Jul 2003 A first group of more than 300 refugees to be repatriated from strife-torn Liberia in a UNHCR-organised sea evacuation operation sails from the besieged city of Monrovia bound for Freetown, Sierra Leone. They are among thousands of refugees who have asked to be evacuated.