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UNHCR completes repatriation

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    UNHCR has repatriated the last 2,000 Chadian refugees who had lived in the camp of Bobou in the Central African Republic (CAR). The refugees were driven in convoys to the southern town of Gore, across the border from CAR, where they were each given three-month rations of rice, sugar, salt and oil.

    They were among 14,000 people who had fled Chad in the wake of political upheavals under Chad's former ruler Hissene Habre. Their repatriation on 14-23 January concluded a process that started in 1995 following an agreement between Chad, CAR and the UN agency. UNHCR said that many of the refugees had lived in the camp for more than 15 years.

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