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Lack of funds threatens UNHCR assistance to Togolese refugees
4 Aug 2005 Despite repeated requests for funds, the UN refugee agency still faces a serious shortfall in resources available to help Togolese refugees in Benin and Ghana. Already, UNHCR has had to put on hold the assistance it is giving the refugees, even as the numbers continue to grow. -
Afghans embark on journey "from one home to another"
29 Jul 2005 Born and bred in Pakistan, Aalia Bibi has joined some 150 other Afghans on the first return convoy from Gujranwala city in Punjab province under UNHCR's voluntary repatriation programme to Afghanistan. -
Afghan returns from Pakistan cross 2.5 million mark
21 Jul 2005 More than 2.5 million Afghans have repatriated from Pakistan since 2002 under the UN refugee agency's largest voluntary repatriation programme in the world that continues to assist refugees to return to Afghanistan. -
A school where displacement, not discipline, is the biggest problem
21 Jul 2005 Over 90 percent of the students at Pedro Grau School in Chocó, Colombia, are internally displaced. Some express their trauma through tears, aggression, or by running out of classes that remind them of the violence they've seen. UNHCR is working with teachers to help these students overcome their painful past. -
Thousands affected by fighting near Colombia-Ecuador border
1 Jul 2005 Clashes between armed groups and the Colombian army in south-western Colombia have displaced more than 1,200 Awá indigenous people in Nariño province and blocked an estimated 4,000 civilians in Putumayo province. -
North Waziristan refugee camps close: 85 percent choose repatriation
1 Jul 2005 A dozen refugee camps in the unruly Pakistani region bordering Afghanistan have closed, with the majority of an estimated 32,000 Afghan refugees choosing to go home instead of relocating to another camp in Pakistan. More camps are set to close this summer. -
Consolidation of refugee camps in Pakistan accelerates
21 Jun 2005 The process of consolidating Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan is accelerating, with the government and the UN refugee agency announcing that two camps in Balochistan province will close in addition to those in the troubled tribal belt already scheduled for closure. In all, some 110,000 refugees could be affected. -
Afghans prepare for return from Pakistan's troubled border area
14 Jun 2005 The UN refugee agency will begin issuing repatriation documents to Afghans from North Waziristan following a registration process that showed 83 percent of the residents of refugee camps there wish to return to Afghanistan. -
Resettled Colombians go Dutch
13 Jun 2005 A first group of Colombian refugees resettled from Ecuador is currently undergoing orientation in the Netherlands, where they hope to start a peaceful new life and to contribute to their host country.