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A decade after genocide, Rwandans return home to reconcile and rebuild
7 Apr 2004 Ten years after the genocide that saw an estimated 800,000 people killed by their countrymen and more than 2 million flee the country, the UN refugee agency is working with Rwanda and neighbouring countries to help refugees willing to return to rebuild their lives. -
Rwandans take stock 10 years after genocide
5 Apr 2004 The UN has declared April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. Ten years after the massacres that killed an estimated 800,000 Rwandans and sent millions more fleeing the country, the government in Kigali is trying to reconcile its people amid mixed feelings. -
Rwanda returns from Uganda cross 1,000
29 Mar 2004 Since the start of voluntary repatriation in January, some 1,100 Rwandan refugees have gone home from Uganda as the government in Kigali steps up efforts to welcome its refugees back. -
Stars turn out to support North London charity for refugee children
11 Feb 2004 The North London charity Salusbury World launches a resource pack for teachers of refugee children. -
First group of Rwandan refugees set to return from Uganda
16 Jan 2004 UNHCR is starting its voluntary repatriation operation from Uganda to Rwanda next week, kicking off what is expected to be one of the last major movements of Rwandan returnees in the region. -
Young refugee advocates get STAR treatment in the UK
14 Jan 2004 Based in the United Kingdom, Student Action for Refugees (STAR) recently held two events that allowed young Britons, Poles, refugees and asylum seekers to share ideas and expertise on the protection of people uprooted by conflict. -
UNHCR mounts campaign for return of 80,000 Rwandan refugees
6 Nov 2003 The UN refugee agency has launched a campaign to promote the voluntary return of what are believed to be the last groups of Rwandan refugees in the region. Convoys from Uganda will start soon while repatriation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be completed next year. -
UK gets wide support for UNHCR resettlement scheme for vulnerable refugees
4 Sep 2003 The United Kingdom recently joined a UNHCR programme to resettle refugees in need of special protection. The first group is likely to include Liberian refugees who fled to Sierra Leone during the 1989-90 civil war, with small numbers expected to arrive in the UK in October. -
New agreement helps Rwandan refugees in Uganda to go home
25 Jul 2003 Some 25,000 Rwandan refugees in Uganda now have the option of repatriation, thanks to a new agreement on voluntary returns signed between the UN refugee agency and the governments of Rwanda and Uganda.