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Relocation of Afghans from border area continues
14 Jul 2003 A majority of the Afghans stuck for more than 16 months on the edge of their country's frontier with Pakistan have now been shifted to a refugee camp deeper inside Pakistan. Those who have opted to go back to Afghanistan will be moved over the next few weeks. -
UNHCR moves 3,600 Afghan refugees from makeshift border camp
4 Jul 2003 Nearly one in five Afghans encamped in the squalid "waiting area" site at Chaman have now left, as UNHCR accelerates its relocation convoys, moving people from the border to another site in Pakistan or back into Afghanistan. -
Afghan refugees head to new sites in Afghanistan and Pakistan
30 Jun 2003 UNHCR has begun evacuating to safety thousands of exhausted Afghan refugees living in harsh conditions in a makeshift encampment just inside Pakistan. -
UNHCR to start relocating Afghans before closing camp
27 Jun 2003 The first groups of Afghan refugees are leaving their makeshift camp in the "waiting area" before it closes on July 15. They can choose between repatriating, and transferring to Zhare Dasht camp in Afghanistan or Mohammad Kheil camp in Pakistan. -
Afghan refugees see eye to eye on specialised clinic
16 Jun 2003 A three-day eye clinic at Pakistan's Mohammad Kheil camp has given hope to Afghan refugees with eye problems by providing them with spectacles and offering the more complicated cases free treatment at a hospital in Quetta. -
Afghan returnees make molehill out of mountains
6 Jun 2003 Undaunted by the Hindu Kush mountains that stand between them and their homeland, a first group of 1,150 Afghans refugees are braving a rugged six-day journey home from northern Pakistan. -
UNHCR takes budding Afghan reporters to Pakistan's refugee camps
4 Jun 2003 UNHCR escorts a group of Afghan journalists to Pakistan to interview Afghan refugees living in camps and report first-hand on their concerns. -
UNHCR concerned about indigenous peoples caught in Colombian conflict
23 May 2003 Hundreds of Guahibo-Sikuani people were recently forced to flee their homes when fighting broke out in north-eastern Colombia. Hundreds of Kuna people in the north-west could also be displaced amid threats and intimidation by armed groups. -
Feature: NGOs connect UNHCR with Afghan refugees in Pakistan
23 May 2003 To reach out to Afghan refugees living among the local population in Pakistan's sprawling cities, the UN refugee agency works through local relief agencies with the contacts and networks to ensure that Afghans are aware of their repatriation options.