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Contributor [1]
Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Refugees & forced migration [2]
Issue Number: 
119 [3]
Article-Summary: 

"Thank God for arriving home safely,” says 20-year-old Emerson Fowai, who was among 360 Sierra Leoneans evacuated from war-torn Liberia last week. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) commenced the repatriation of Sierra Leonean refugees from Liberia last week. And, so far, close to 700 have been transported in two batches.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/refugees/16390 [5]
Country: 
Sierra Leone [6]

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