The group of refugees listened intently as a visiting UN official praised their resilience. They nodded approvingly as Kinsgley Amaning, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Guinea, urged them to reflect on their experiences so as to help steer their countries in the right direction when they returned home. His message 'say no to violence', appeared to strike a chord among the over 200 mainly Sierra Leonean refugees present at the meeting in Telikoro camp in Albadaria, southern Guinea. Then one refugee, middle aged with dark glasses stood up. A humanitarian worker said later he was blind. "You have spoken on behalf of the Sierra Leoneans. We are still at war. What is our fate?" asked the man, whom someone identified as Pa Camara. "Some of us are afraid," he continued. "We're not going back. In 1997, when there were elections in Liberia, many people went. You saw what happened. So as we tell our Sierra Leonean brothers farewell, think of what to do for the Liberians."