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Liberia: End of Refugee Status for Angolan and Liberian Exiles This Weekend
UNHCR, 29 June 2012
This weekend, two of the most protracted refugee situations in Africa will finally come to an end. On June 30, cessation clauses will enter into force for refugees from Liberia and… Read more »
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Liberia: Protracted Refugee Situations in Liberia and Angola to Finally End
UNHCR, 29 June 2012
This weekend, two of the most protracted refugee situations in Africa will finally come to an end. On Saturday, cessation clauses will enter into force for refugees from Liberia… Read more »
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Liberia: Going Home the Same Way They Came - D-Day Nears for Buduburam
Fahamu, 22 June 2012
Thousands of Liberian refugees will leave the Ghanaian camp they have lived in for years to an uncertain future back in their country. UNHCR is closing the camp on the grounds that… Read more »
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Liberia: Refugees Urged to Return Home Voluntarily
Heritage, 18 May 2012
The Government of Liberia has again urged Liberian refugees residing in other parts of the world to return home voluntarily. According to the Minister of Information, Culture and… Read more »
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Liberia: You're No Refugees - GOL Tells Citizens In Ghana
New Democrat, 8 April 2011
Liberians still glued to life in Ghana are not refuges, the Minister of Information, Cletus Sieh, has declared in what is the government's position. Read more »
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Liberia: Delegation for Ghana--As President Sirleaf Urges Patience in Buduburam Camp Incident
Govt of Liberia, 18 February 2011
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Friday met with a representative group of Liberian students and assured them that Government will continue to seek the welfare of its citizens no… Read more »
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Liberia: Refugees Battle Integration in Ghana
New Dawn, 17 May 2012
Liberian refugees desirous of getting integrated in the Ghanaian society have been told to produce their Liberian passports. According to report monitored here on the Voice of… Read more »
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Guinea: Liberians Return Home as Refugee Status Deadline Looms in Country
UNHCR, 15 May 2012
During almost 20 years of exile in Guinea, Joseph did not know if his family was alive or dead. When he recently found out by chance that they had survived the attack that caused… Read more »
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Liberia: Over 60,000 Refugees Expected Back Home
Analyst, 23 February 2012
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has set aside June 30, 2012 as deadline for granting of refugee status to all Liberians seeking asylum around the globe. Read more »
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Liberia: 60 000 to Lose Refugee Status
New Democrat, 17 February 2012
More than 60,000 Liberian refugees spread in countries of the West African sub region will no longer be accepted under such status beginning July 1 this year, the UN refugee… Read more »
End of Refugee Status for Liberian and Angolan Refugees
By this weekend people who fled from Liberia and Angola and remain abroad during the civil wars in both countries will no longer be regarded as refugees by UNHCR and host governments. On June 30, cessation clauses will enter into force for refugees from the two countries.
