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UNHCR to set up new camp after Liberian influx into Guinea
15 May 2002 New site in Nzérékoré area to cope with up to 3,500 Liberian refugees who arrived Monday after fleeing renewed fighting in central Liberia. 10,000 more expected to follow. -
First overland refugee repatriation from Guinea to Sierra Leone underway
22 Mar 2002 The first overland refugee repatriation from Guinea to Sierra Leone gets underway with the refugee agency planning twice-weekly convoys to meet the growing demand. -
More than 5,000 Sierra Leone refugees return home since start of month
21 Dec 2001 More than 5,000 Sierra Leonean refugees who had been waiting in Freetown for security conditions to improve have returned to their homes since the start of the month. They are part of a group of 16,000 people who returned to their country from Guinea over the past year. -
UNHCR to double number of Sierra Leone refugees returning home
11 Dec 2001 The number of Sierra Leone refugees in Guinea UNHCR is helping to return home will double to 500 persons a week following appeals from the refugees themselves that the repatriation process be speeded up. -
Sierra Leone refugees return to their homes
27 Nov 2001 Thousands of refugees from Guinea will return to their original homes in Sierra Leone starting in December. -
Making way for more refugees
10 Aug 2001 Returning refugees in three transit centres in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown are being asked to leave the premises to accommodate expected new arrivals. -
Guinea: Return to a Ghost Town
1 Mar 2001 Fernando del Mundo reports from Guéckédou, where UNHCR's trashed office reflects the town's own devastation.