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Sweet homecoming from Smell No Taste
21 May 2002 The story of one Sierra Leonean returnee from Liberia. -
Home for the elections in Sierra Leone
14 May 2002 Many Sierra Leonean refugees have cast a vote of confidence in their country by returning for the polls. -
Sierra Leoneans hurry home for elections
26 Apr 2002 Some 2,300 refugees are heading home every week from Guinea and Liberia ahead of the May 14 elections. -
First overland refugee repatriation from Guinea to Sierra Leone underway
22 Mar 2002 The first overland refugee repatriation from Guinea to Sierra Leone gets underway with the refugee agency planning twice-weekly convoys to meet the growing demand. -
More than 6,000 Sierra Leoneans return home from Liberia on UNHCR convoys
12 Mar 2002 The refugee agency says it has transported more than 6,000 Sierra Leoneans home since mid-February and helped more than 3,300 Liberians fleeing the recent fighting in their country cross the border into Sierra Leone. -
Third UNHCR convoy leaves Liberia with Sierra Leonean refugees
18 Feb 2002 The third UNHCR convoy carrying more than 300 Sierra Leonean refugees returning home amid renewed fighting in Liberia leaves the West African country as the U.N. agency prepares to transport thousands more in the coming weeks. -
UNHCR begins repatriating Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia following outbreak of fighting
14 Feb 2002 The first group of Sierra Leonean refugees transported by UNHCR return to their country following renewed fighting in Liberia between government troops and rebels belonging to Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy. -
UNHCR to assist in voluntary repatriation of Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia
18 Jan 2002 Following a spate of spontaneous returns and repeated requests for help from Sierra Leonean refugees in Liberia, UNHCR decides to help begin repatriating uprooted people eager to return home. -
UNHCR suspends transporting Sierra Leonean refugees as security in Liberian camp improves
8 Jan 2002 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has temporarily stopped transporting Sierra Leonean refugees from the Liberian border to resettlement camps after security conditions improved at the Sinje II camp near Monrovia.