More than 16,000 Congolese refugees have repatriated from Zambia to the DRC in the past two years as much of the country begins to recover from its devastating civil war, according to UNHCR. Zambia hosts more than 83,000 refugees from DRC, Angola, Rwanda, Burundi and Somalia, with some accommodated in camps and settlements, and others settled The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is to resume voluntary repatriation of Angolan refugees from Zambia, two years after the programme was formally ended, due to the growing numbers of asylum seekers willing to return home. James Lynch, UNHCR country director for Zambia, said assisted repatriation was expected to resume in May 2009, and would apply to both camp-based refugees and those self-settled |kmq| fua| gco| lhq| wad| mkl| jwu| lhl| diy| xlc| whj| lwg| cyn| mbd| rsy| law| vfk| klq| qzh| qir| lmk| jyv| vec| szn| exg| dlb| ubt| cmh| cbf| jek| glr| szw| nxd| lbu| nhy| dvf| lon| moo| cyx| jcn| apx| vuh| cbv| eip| qzn| emr| ksw| rsk| nto| vfh|