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Eight-year Rwandan refugee saga in Tanzania comes to an end
3 Jan 2003 The last of the more than half a million Rwandans who fled their country in the wake of the 1994 genocide have now returned home from Tanzania. -
UNHCR steps up efforts to help Rwandans go home from Tanzania
26 Nov 2002 As Rwandan refugees express growing confidence in their homeland, the UN refugee agency has kicked off a "repatriation week" during which Rwandans in western Tanzania's camps can go home on daily convoys with UNHCR assistance. -
UNHCR promotes return of Rwandan refugees in Tanzania
11 Oct 2002 As part of a tripartite agreement, the UN refugee agency has started an information campaign and confidence-building measures to encourage some 22,000 Rwandan refugees in Tanzania to go home. -
Congolese returnees drift back to Rwandan camp
27 Sep 2002 Facing food and water shortages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese refugees who had returned home under duress head back to their camp in Rwanda for supplies. -
Pressure continues for DR Congolese refugees in Rwanda to go home
20 Sep 2002 Despite the slowing pace of forced returns to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, intimidation is continuing in Rwanda's refugee camps, and could even have spread to spontaneously settled Congolese living in towns and villages near the border. -
Fewer forced returns to DR Congo; returnees face poor conditions
17 Sep 2002 The pace of the controversial repatriation movement from refugee camps in Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of the Congo has slowed down in recent days, but conditions are deteriorating for Congolese who have already returned. -
Forced returns from Rwanda to DR Congo continue, albeit at slower rate
10 Sep 2002 More than 6,000 Congolese refugees in Rwandan camps have been repatriated under pressure since August 31. The operation continues despite protests from the UN refugee agency, but the pace of returns has slowed down considerably. -
Stop forcing Congolese refugees home, UNHCR urges Rwanda
5 Sep 2002 In a letter to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers appeals for an end to the apparent forced repatriation of Congolese refugees, which has already sent some 1,500 back to rebel-controlled north Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
DRC-Rwanda deal could pave way for Congolese refugees to return, says UNHCR
31 Jul 2002 The UN refugee agency welcomes the agreement as an important step for long-lasting peace in the DRC and the Great Lakes region, saying it could encourage some 390,000 Congolese refugees to return home.