Informes

We are heartened by the repatriation of the refugees from the Mugunga camp near Goma, but the international rescue effort cannot declare victory and stand down. "We must keep in mind that those returning to Rwanda are the healthiest and…

Press Release REF/1156 GENEVA, 16 November (UNHCR) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mobilized on Saturday all available staff and resources to meet the needs of Rwandese refugees returning to Rwanda in the largest and swiftest homeward…

($140 million focused on helping returnees resettle) (580) Washington -- President Clinton has directed that the United States provide $140 million worth of humanitarian assistance to the torrent of refugees returning from eastern Zaire to their homes in Rwanda. The new assistance…

Since Friday, an estimated 400,000 of the refugees moving eastwards from camps near Goma, eastern Zaire, to Rwanda have crossed the border to the Rwandan town of Gisenyi, from where they will continue the journey to their home villages.…

The material that follows has been provided by Christian Aid Rwanda - =A3225,000 for returning refugees Christian Aid today donated =A3225,000 for aid to Rwandan refugees returning home from camps in Eastern Zaire. Some of the money will also go to…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 29 on Eastern Zaire (18 November 1996) The tide of Rwandan refugees crossing the border today has dropped to about 3-4,000…

Not an official document GOMA: Movement of people towards and across the border into Rwanda continues. Reports indicate that in the next one to two days, a total of 500,000 people from the camps of Mugunga and Kibumba may have returned…

Secretary=ADGeneral launches flash appeal for funds in response to the crisis in eastern Zaire. More than 500,000 Rwandan refugees are estimated to have returned to Rwanda, comprising the bulk of returnees from the Goma region. However, small groups of about…

1 November 1996 - 31 January 1997 IMPORTANT NOTE: This Appeal was being finalised as major return movements of Rwandan refugees back to Rwanda started. It should be noted that the target populations and needs remain the…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org This is number 35 in a series of weekly reports from…