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Conflict in Liberia increases number of Sierra Leonean refugees returning home
26 Dec 2001 Intensified fighting between Liberian rebels and army units and reports that Liberian soldiers harass refugees significantly increases the number of Sierra Leoneans returning home. -
More than 5,000 Sierra Leone refugees return home since start of month
21 Dec 2001 More than 5,000 Sierra Leonean refugees who had been waiting in Freetown for security conditions to improve have returned to their homes since the start of the month. They are part of a group of 16,000 people who returned to their country from Guinea over the past year. -
UNHCR to double number of Sierra Leone refugees returning home
11 Dec 2001 The number of Sierra Leone refugees in Guinea UNHCR is helping to return home will double to 500 persons a week following appeals from the refugees themselves that the repatriation process be speeded up. -
The first of thousands of Sierra Leone refugees begin returning home
7 Dec 2001 The second phase of an operation to return thousands of civilians to their original homes gets underway. -
Sierra Leone refugees return to their homes
27 Nov 2001 Thousands of refugees from Guinea will return to their original homes in Sierra Leone starting in December. -
Making way for more refugees
10 Aug 2001 Returning refugees in three transit centres in the Sierra Leone capital of Freetown are being asked to leave the premises to accommodate expected new arrivals.