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Returns to Sierra Leone step up before June 30 deadline
1 Jun 2004 More than 1,500 Sierra Leonean refugees have returned home from Liberia in recent days, ahead of UNHCR's plan to phase out assistance at the end of this month. -
UNHCR opens new building in Sierra Leone to cope with returnees
28 May 2004 As the repatriation of Sierra Leonean refugees from Guinea and Liberia winds down, UNHCR has opened a new building in Kono district, Sierra Leone, to cope with the influx of returnees. It's a far cry from the tarpaulin office UNHCR started with in Kono in 2002. -
Feature: Liberian boy fights kidney disease after surviving war
15 Mar 2004 Dickson Gray has survived a rocket attack and a life in captivity in Liberia. Now in Sierra Leone, the 17-year-old refugee is fighting for his life and needs to be resettled urgently to a country with advanced medical care. -
Peace prospects pulling West Africa's refugees home
12 Mar 2004 Refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone have been streaming home, on UNHCR convoys and on their own, through a now-secured border between the two countries - one firmly on the road to reconstruction, the other at the doorstep of a peaceful future. -
UNHCR resumes land returns to Sierra Leone after two-year break
2 Mar 2004 More Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia are expected to sign up for repatriation as overland convoys resume. UNHCR hopes that the remaining 13,000 refugees will opt to go back to Sierra Leone ahead of the June cut-off date for repatriation and assistance. -
Thousands of Liberians returning home on their own
26 Feb 2004 Returning from Sierra Leone, many of them face continued displacement at home as their areas of origin remain unsafe for return. UNHCR is stepping up efforts to help these spontaneous returnees with transport, shelter and relief items. -
UNHCR resumes repatriation from Guinea to Sierra Leone
2 Dec 2003 After a three-month break over the rainy season, the UN refugee agency has started helping Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea to go home again. It plans to help close to 1,000 return before the end of the year, ahead of more convoys and a gradual phase-out next year. -
Feature: Keeping young refugees on the ball in Sierra Leone
27 Nov 2003 Working on the premise that children learn best when they are having fun, the Right to Play group has been working with UNHCR to help young refugees in Sierra Leone's camps enjoy games and sport. -
First group of Sierra Leoneans flies home since Liberia peace deal
30 Oct 2003 Ten Sierra Leonean refugee families have left Liberia for home in an airlift organised by the UN refugee agency and the World Food Programme, which are planning twice-weekly repatriation flights to speed up the pace of returns.