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UNHCR appeals for US$7 million to repatriate Mauritanian refugees
31 Aug 2007 The UN refugee agency on Friday launched an appeal for US$7 million to fund the voluntary repatriation of 24,000 Mauritanian refugees from Senegal and Mali. Their return will help resolve one of the most protracted refugee situations in the world. -
Liberian refugees return home in first airlift from Burkina Faso
27 Jun 2007 A group of 53 refugees, including professional soccer players, artists and restaurant owners, returned home this week on the first UNHCR-organized voluntary repatriation of Liberians by air from Burkina Faso. -
Mauritania to let 20,000 refugees return home from Mali and Senegal
22 Jun 2007 The Mauritanian government has decided to allow some 20,000 refugees to return home from neighbouring Mali and Senegal, where some of them have spent almost two decades in exile. -
UNHCR hails Mauritania's new national refugee law
31 Aug 2004 Mauritania has become the first country in North Africa to adopt a national refugee law, which should pave the way for the establishment of a national legal framework for the protection of refugees and returnees, and national asylum structures for managing refugee affairs.