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LUANDA, Angola -- Angolans who fled as war raged in their country from the 1960s to 2002 lose their refugee status Saturday. The U.N. refugee agency had announced in January that group refugee status would end June 30 for Angolans living in Botswana, Congo, Namibia and Zambia. The UNHCR cited 10 years of peace and growing stability in Africa's second-largest oil producer following the end of a 1975-2002 civil war. The civil war followed a 1961-1975 war for independence from Portugal. Of the more than 450,000 Angolans living as refugees in neighboring countries in 2002, UNHCR says 410,000 have returned. Margarida Fawke, a UNHCR repatriation official, says the Angolan government will not close the door on those who still want to return, but some are likely to stay where they are. Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/30/4601392/un-refugee-status-ends-for-angolans.html#storylink=cpy Law blog Klik op +1 als u dit een interessant artikel vindt en Google zal het dan ...

The UN refugee agency has announced the repatriation of almost 14,000 Angolan refugees since last November and is stepping up the pace of returns before refugee status ends for tens of thousands of Angolans at the end of this month. UNHCR spokesman, Adrian Edwards, explained to journalists in Geneva that group refugee status will formally end on June 30 for people who fled Angola during the country's 1965-75 war of independence from Portugal and during the subsequent civil war, which ended in 2002. "UNHCR launched a new assisted return programme in late 2011 to help Angolans return home from nearby countries, and we are now accelerating that programme," Edwards said. "As of June 2, some 13,700 Angolans had gone back with our help, including over 11,000 from Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC]. Some 35,000 more have asked for help in getting back before refugee status ends." The recommendation to end group refugee status for Angola...