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First of some 8,500 Burundians due for resettlement in US leave Tanzania
18 May 2007 The resettlement in the United States of some 8,500 Burundian refugees who fled their country in 1972 got under way on Friday when a first group of 88 people flew out of Kibondo Camp in western Tanzania. The operation is due to be completed by the end of this year. -
First repatriation movement to DRC's Katanga province arrives amidst tropical downpour
13 Apr 2007 A ferry chartered by the UN refugee agency has docked after crossing Lake Tanganyika with 494 returning refugees, marking the first organised voluntary repatriation from Tanzania to Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
UNHCR-assisted refugee returns to DRC from Tanzania top 25,000
26 Feb 2007 The number of people helped by UNHCR to return to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Tanzania has passed the 25,000 mark. -
Refugee population in Tanzania camps drops below 300,000
1 Feb 2007 The number of refugees housed in camps in Tanzania has fallen below the 300,000 mark for the first time in more than a decade, reflecting continuing improvement in the security situation in the Great Lakes region. -
Repatriations to DRC resume from Tanzania using new landing stage
24 Nov 2006 The UN refugee agency has resumed its voluntary repatriation programme for Congolese refugees in Tanzania, using a new landing stage for returnees embarking on a UNHCR-hired ferry at this port on Lake Tanganyika. -
Landslides disrupt plans to resume repatriations of Congolese from Tanzania
7 Nov 2006 Heavy rains and massive landslides have disrupted plans to resume the repatriation of Congolese refugees from Tanzania to the province of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). -
Organized returns to South Kivu province in DRC reach 20,000 mark
27 Sep 2006 Nearly a year after the start of the UN refugee agency's repatriation operation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the number of people returning to the country's South Kivu province with UNHCR help tops the 20,000 mark. -
UNHCR resumes refugee repatriation to Congo after poll-linked suspension
1 Sep 2006 UNHCR has resumed the organised voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees following a suspension of activities before, during and after the first round of presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Burundian refugees face challenges of identity, land ownership on return
28 Aug 2006 Since the year 2000, some 60,000 Burundians have returned to their homeland from Tanzania. The reintegration of the returnees is challenging - especially for people who fled in the early 1970s and those of their children born in camps overseas.