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Repatriation of refugees to begin soon, UNHCR says

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    The repatriation of some 25,000 Chadian refugees from Cameroon, Central African Republic and Sudan is set to resume by the end of October after experiencing delays, UNHCR reported in its mid-term report for 1999.

    The returnees will be able to join some 10,000 other former refugees in cooperatives set up to ease their reintegration into society, according to UNHCR, which said it would open two new offices and send more staff to Chad to support the process.

    The report also said an influx of Sudanese refugees into Chad in January following ethnic clashes in the Southern Darfur Province had brought to 28,000 the number being helped by UNHCR.

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