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Western Sahara: family visits continue
12 Mar 2004 -
Western Sahara: family visits
5 Mar 2004 -
Western Saharan refugees to meet long-lost families
5 Mar 2004 For the first time in decades, Saharan refugees will be able to meet the spouses, children and relatives they left behind, as UN agencies start weekly shuttle flights between Western Sahara and Algeria's camps. -
Western Sahara: preparations for family visits
20 Feb 2004 -
Ringing the changes for Western Sahara's exiles
14 Jan 2004 The UN refugee agency has established a phone link between refugees in a camp in Algeria and their relatives back in Western Sahara. UNHCR is also negotiating to start a mail service and family visits as part of a new package of confidence-building efforts for one of the world's oldest refugee groups. -
Western Sahara: UNHCR and WFP call for funds to combat malnutrition
19 Dec 2003 -
Western Saharan refugees need food aid urgently, say UNHCR, WFP
19 Dec 2003 High levels of malnutrition and anaemia among long-time refugees in western Algeria's camps have prompted the UN refugee agency and the UN World Food Programme to appeal for urgent contributions and speedy delivery of food aid. -
Western Sahara: UNHCR's confidence-building proposals to be discussed
16 Dec 2003 -
Western Saharan refugees may soon be able to visit, call home
16 Dec 2003 The UN refugee agency has joined a high-level UN mission to meet Algerian and Moroccan officials this week that will discuss proposals to re-establish links between Saharawi refugees and their families in Western Sahara through direct phone, mail and even travel services.