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Last voluntary repatriation convoy for Liberians from two Guinea camps
4 Sep 2006 UNHCR has run a final voluntary repatriation convoy for Liberian refugees at Guinea's Kountaya and Télikoro refugee camps and the facilities will be formally closed later this month after the remaining refugees have been relocated to other camps. Kountaya was once home to thousands of Liberian refugees. -
More and more Liberians returning home from Guinea
20 Jul 2006 Liberian refugees are returning home from Guinea in increasing numbers this year. A convoy last week carried 761 refugees across the border - the biggest convoy since UNHCR launched a voluntary repatriation programme in 2004. Some 17,500 refugees have returned home from Guinea this year. -
Refugee musicians' story wins 'Best Documentary' in L.A. film festival
15 Nov 2005 The unusual story of six Sierra Leonean musicians, who for several years have been entertaining and inspiring their compatriots in refugee camps in Guinea, has just won the 'Best Documentary' award at a Los Angeles film festival. -
When going home is not an option: local integration in Guinea
20 Jul 2005 More than 97,000 Sierra Leonean refugees have gone home from Guinea with UNHCR assistance in the last few years, but 2,111 have decided to stay in their host country. UNHCR is working with the Guinean government to help them integrate into local society. -
Helping refugees flourish in Guinea
24 May 2005 Ivorian refugee Sory Cissé rose to the occasion when UNHCR and its partners gave him two sacks of flour to start a baking business at Nonah transit centre. He built his own oven and is now known as the camp baker. His is a success story UNHCR hopes to replicate among other refugees in Guinea. -
Don't forget us after refugees leave, Guinea tells Lubbers
31 Jan 2005 On the first leg of his four-nation West Africa visit, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers has assured Guinean authorities that UNHCR would advocate for rehabilitation and reconstruction support to Guinea following the return of refugees to Liberia and Sierra Leone. -
Guinea joins UNHCR return operation to Liberia
15 Nov 2004 A first convoy of Liberian refugees left Guinea for their homes in Bong county last week, bringing to 1,280 the total number of Liberian returnees since UNHCR started facilitating repatriation from the region on October 1. -
Guinea sees end of one return programme, start of another
30 Aug 2004 Now that UNHCR has ended return convoys to Sierra Leone, the agency and the Guinean government are helping the remaining Sierra Leonean refugees to integrate locally. At the same time, UNHCR has started a campaign to inform Liberian refugees in Guinea about their options for return, starting in October. -
A rough but happy journey home for Sierra Leonean refugees
7 Jun 2004 The journey from Guinea to Sierra Leone is rough, but returnees are keen to get home before UNHCR's organised repatriation programme finishes on 30 June. Over 10,000 refugees have now returned since repatriation from Guinea began in late January this year. Community schemes are underway to help them reintegrate.