UNHCR

Refugee Return from West Timor a Priority

EAST TIMOR, Sept 14 (UNHCR) - West Timor officials are fully in line with Jakarta's policy that refugee return to East Timor is a priority, the UN refugee agency reported on September 14. Assistant ...
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Opinion: After the Assad regime's fall, will Syrian refugees return?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Protesters in London call on the U.K. government to uphold humanitarian obligations and end the suspension of asylum applications ...
UNHCR

Waiting refugees granted return to DR Congo

GATUMBA, Burundi, Oct 12 (UNHCR) - For the past six days, the no man's land that separates Burundi from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has taken the atmosphere of a market place. Vendors ...
Yahoo

Palestinian refugees return to Yarmouk amid questions about their place in the new Syria

DAMASCUS (AP) — The Yarmouk refugee camp outside Damascus was considered the capital of the Palestinian diaspora before the war in Syria reduced it to row after row of blasted out buildings where ...
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Trump embarrassed as white South Africans return home from US refugee plan

South Africa pushed back against Trump administration claims of anti-white persecution as some white refugees admitted to the ...
UPI

U.N. refugee chief: 2 million Syrians have returned home

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 19 (UPI) --U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Thursday that the international community and financial institutions must support efforts to secure the safe ...
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Rejected at border, former Bhutanese political prisoners return after 18 years in jail

India, June 2 -- After spending more than 18 years as political prisoners in a Bhutanese jail, Chatur Man Tamang and Hasta ...
KTVB

Congolese refugees return from Burundi to take advantage of improved security

RUYIGI, Burundi(AP) — Thousands of Congolese refugees in Burundi have returned to their homes across the border in eastern Congo following the withdrawal of Rwandan-backed rebels from a key town. Some ...
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Utah refugee advocates worry about an uptick in hostility after Trump's return to office

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U.N. refugee chief calls for cooperation to secure return of Syrians to homeland

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 23 (UPI) --U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called Thursday for cooperation between Syria's new authorities, host countries and donors to secure the return of 6 ...
Los Angeles Times

After the Assad regime’s fall, will Syrian refugees return?

The sudden fall of Syria’s Assad regime in early December has raised an important question: Can the 6 million who became refugees during the 14-year civil war now go home? Officials in Turkey, Austria ...