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World Refugee Day: Guterres lauds Sudan repatriation as a bright spot in the region
19 Jun 2007 High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres joined more than 160 refugees on their return home to South Sudan after years in exile in Uganda. In the region to mark World Refugee Day, he said the repatriation to Sudan was one of the few bright spots in a region that has seen too much displacement. -
Displaced in Uganda face psychological barrier to return home
21 May 2007 Years of fighting between the Ugandan armed forces and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army left some 1.7 million people displaced in the north of the country. Their hopes of going back home have been raised by peace talks between the two sides and an improving security situation. -
Some 120,000 Sudanese refugees set to return to Eastern Equatoria
16 May 2007 The UN refugee agency has reached an agreement with Sudan and Uganda to begin the repatriation of some 120,000 Sudanese refugees to Eastern Equatoria state in south Sudan. The programme is expected to start in August. -
Japanese volleyball Olympians share their skills with refugees in Nepal
11 Apr 2007 Three members of Japan's gold-winning women's volleyball team in the 1976 Montreal Olympics recently visited eastern Nepal to share their knowledge and skills with young refugees. -
UNHCR resumes repatriation of Sudanese refugees from Uganda's West Nile region
28 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency has recently resumed the repatriation of southern Sudanese refugees from the West Nile region of Uganda some six weeks after the programme was suspended due to an outbreak of meningitis. -
Japan gives UNHCR US$2.5 million for repatriation and reintegration of Liberian refugees
20 Mar 2007 The government of Japan has donated US$2.5 million dollars to UNHCR for the agency's programmes aimed at the sustainable return of Liberian refugees from neighbouring Guinea. -
Japan's Uniqlo clothing chain puts smiles on faces of refugees in Nepal
1 Mar 2007 Japan's popular Uniqlo casual clothing chain has handed out 50,000 pieces of second-hand clothing to refugees at this camp in eastern Nepal. The recycled clothes have been deposited by customers at more than 700 Uniqlo outlets around Japan -
Congolese refugees return home from Uganda as fighting subsides
8 Dec 2006 Several thousand Congolese refugees who fled to Uganda earlier this week have returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the fighting that panicked them eased. -
Hopes for peace in Northern Uganda encourage displaced to return home
25 Oct 2006 With glimmers of hope for an end to Uganda's brutal 20-year civil war, thousands of internally displaced people are leaving squalid camps for their home villages. UNHCR and its sister UN agency, the World Food Programme, are supporting them with road projects that provide food now and better economic links for the future.