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Liberia repatriation programme to wind down

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    The UNHCR has confirmed to authorities and operational partners its plan to wind down its Liberia repatriation operation by June 2000. UNHCR decided to promote repatriation to the country at the end of September 1997 when around 480,00 Liberians were in Cote d’Ivoire and Guinea. Convoys will operate until the end of December 1999 allowing Liberian refugees the opportunity to return home with assistance, the UNHCR said.

    Meanwhile a UNHCR spokeswoman in Monrovia told IRIN on Friday that 185 refugees from Guinea and 487 from Cote d’Ivoire returned this week to Liberia.

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