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Guinea-Bissau refugees returning home

    ABIDJAN

    Over 300 Guinea-Bissau refugees who have been living in northern Guinea since June 1998 have returned home, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Abidjan told IRIN on Tuesday.

    The official said 102 refugees were flown on Monday from Kamsar, in the north of Guinea, to Bissau. This brings to 367 the number of voluntary returnees since the UNHCR operation began last week. Another 100 refugees have registered for repatriation and more are expected in the coming weeks.

    Thousands of civilians fled to Guinea and other nearby West African countries in 1998 during General Ansumane Mane’s armed rebellion against the government of Joao Bernardo Vieira.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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