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UNHCR calls for access to three Ethiopian defectors in Djibouti
15 Jul 2005 Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane has urged the Djibouti government for access to three Ethiopian airmen whose fate is unknown after they reportedly defected to Djibouti in early June. There are fears they have already been forcibly returned to Ethiopia. -
Djibouti: AHC Morjane expresses UNHCR's "deep preoccupation" over Ethiopians
15 Jul 2005 -
Feature: Home for Ramadan after a decade in exile
6 Oct 2004 Dekka Hassan Hade and her family today joined the last UNHCR convoy to leave Djibouti for Somaliland before the start of the Islamic holy month next week. They are among this year's 7,400 returnees who are eager to embrace the peace and opportunities back home. -
Refugees arrive back in Somalia as agencies seek fresh aid
1 Mar 2004 Refugees are leaving Djibouti's remote camps and going back to Somalia on UNHCR's repatriation convoys. Meanwhile, UN organisations and partner agencies have launched a $111 million appeal for programmes to aid Somalia, including more than $5.7 million for the refugee agency. -
Commissions to assess asylum claims in Djibouti, as new deadline nears
12 Sep 2003 As a new deadline looms for illegal immigrants to leave Djibouti, UNHCR will start training government officials to sit on eligibility commissions that will determine who, among the thousands of people who thronged a UNHCR transit centre when the first deadline expired, is entitled to refugee status. -
Djibouti: Thousands apply for asylum ahead of deadline
2 Sep 2003 -
Thousands rush to apply for asylum before Djibouti expels illegal migrants
2 Sep 2003 An estimated 10,000 people have thronged UNHCR's transit centre in Djibouti to apply for asylum before the Djibouti government deports them for being illegal immigrants. The refugee agency is working to sort out genuine asylum seekers from the crowd. -
Djibouti: repatriation of Afars from Ethiopia begins
30 Oct 2001 -
Djibouti: repatriation of southern Somalis resumes
15 Dec 2000