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New methodology helps refugee children in Southern Africa deal with violence
12 Dec 2005 In a series of meetings in South Africa to build on a groundbreaking study that used art to reveal the effects of violence on refugee children, the children and refugee organizations are following up by developing new ways to tackle the problem. -
UNHCR helps South Africa tackle huge asylum backlog
27 Sep 2005 The UN refugee agency has been providing training sessions, advice and material aid to assist the South African government in its efforts to reduce its huge backlog of over 100,000 pending asylum cases. -
UNHCR resettles some 200 African refugees from Mozambique to the USA
22 Sep 2005 By the end of September, some 200 individuals from a variety of African countries, who have little chance of either going home or being integrated locally, will have been flown out of Mozambique on six separate flights to start a new life in the United States. -
A Shadow of Hope becomes reality for refugee filmmaker in South Africa
21 Sep 2005 With the screening of his latest documentary at a South African human rights film festival, Congolese refugee Makela Pululu has confounded all those who dismissed his hope of become a filmmaker as nothing more than a pipe dream. -
Cape Town recognises refugee brain gain
22 Jun 2005 Refugees in South Africa often lament that their professional skills are wasted on menial work. This could change after the City of Cape Town announced on World Refugee Day that it would help complete an audit of refugees' skills and engage refugees in the areas of health, culture and sports. -
Returns to Caprivi small-scale but significant, says UNHCR
19 Apr 2005 The UN refugee agency recently repatriated 12 refugees from Botswana's Dukwi camp to Namibia's Caprivi region. It was the first return convoy between the two countries since 2002, and encouraged more than 50 others to sign up for future convoys. -
Registration project improves profile of refugees in Mozambique
30 Dec 2004 The UN refugee agency has launched an innovative initiative to improve refugee registration, known as Project Profile. In Mozambique's Marratane camp, the new system will allow the refugee authorities to update refugee data and provide them with new identity cards within hours. -
Sudanese refugee struggles against xenophobia in South Africa
15 Dec 2004 Godwin Ale Willow feels that he has been repeatedly detained on anti-crime raids in South Africa because of his dark skin. He recently took part in the country's first-ever public hearings on xenophobia, and has also participated actively in the UNHCR-sponsored Roll Back Xenophobia campaign. -
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.