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Congolese children benefit from gift of UNHCR school
24 Jan 2005 With the return home of 40,000 Angolans, UNHCR plans this year to phase out its assistance to refugees in the Bas Congo area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As a parting gift, the agency has handed over a school and health centre to the local community. -
Another angle to Angola, refugee host country
21 Dec 2004 Angola is not just a country that used to produce refugees and now welcomes them home. It also hosts thousands of refugees from other parts of Africa and countries as far away as Iraq and China. UNHCR is working to help these refugees attain self-sufficiency. -
UNHCR closes second season of Angolan returns; boosts assistance in return areas
14 Dec 2004 As the UN refugee agency winds down its second season of assisted repatriation to Angola, earlier returnees have shared their experiences with UNHCR staff, telling them that coming home is only the beginning of the long and sometimes arduous process of reintegration. -
UNHCR, WFP concerned about food cuts in Zambia
10 Dec 2004 Refugees in Zambia have seen their food rations halved in the last two months, said the UN refugee agency, warning that the deteriorating situation was not only detrimental to the health of the refugees, but could also compromise the return operation to Angola. -
Angolans fly home from Botswana as repatriation season closes
9 Dec 2004 Sixty-two Angolan refugees have been airlifted home in the first and last repatriation group this year from Botswana's Dukwi camp. UNHCR's Pumla Rulashe follows their emotional journey back to Angola. -
Model refugee will be missed upon return to Angola, say aid workers
9 Dec 2004 For years, Angolan refugee Xavier Pio was indispensable in Botswana's Dukwi refugee camp, teaching Portuguese and taking part in income-generating and awareness-raising activities. The camp is sad to lose him as he leaves for home, but they know that Angola will be gaining a model returnee. -
Love in the time of repatriation
18 Nov 2004 Led by UNHCR and supported by Africare and IOM, the Angolan repatriation operation from Namibia runs like clockwork, airlifting more than 1,000 Angolan refugees home so far. But sometimes love can temporarily throw a spanner in the works. -
"Merci mingi," Angolan returnee tells Congolese hosts
2 Nov 2004 A group of 219 Angolan refugees has arrived home on the second airlift in three months between Congolese capital Kinshasa and Angolan capital Luanda. The returnees were in high spirits, thanking UNHCR and their Congolese hosts in a mix of French and Lingala. -
Swiss discuss local implications of international asylum agenda
13 Oct 2004 Around 200 delegates attended a two-day symposium in Switzerland to take stock of how an international action plan on asylum can be reflected at the local Swiss level.