Conférence de presse du Représentant résidant du Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies de Côte d’Ivoire à l’occasion de la 5ème anniversaire de la déclaration d’Abidjan sur l’éradication du phénomène d'apatridie d’ici 2024. <iframe width="560" height="315" src=" https://www.youtube.com/embed/YYnSvsFk...

Le ministre de la Réconciliation et de la Cohésion nationale, Kouadio Konan Bertin était hier, dans les locaux du Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) sis aux II Plateaux. Au nom du gouvernement, il a félicité Angèle Djohoussou, la représentante de cette institution onusienne,...

Fisherman Joseph regains his smile as he gets ready to rejoin his family in Liberia. CONAKRY, Guinea, May 15 (UNHCR) – 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 cause...

In fulfilment of a promise made during the Ivorian refugee influx into Liberia more than a year ago, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has donated six brand new vehicles, including two ambulances and four Toyota LC 200 Land Cruisers, to Liberia’s border counties hosting Ivori...

SACLEPEA REFUGEE CAMP, Liberia, May 14 (UNHCR) – Papa Tokpa Sadia, 45, is all smiles as he picks up a snail and explains how it is extracted from its shell to prepare a meal. "Snail meat is very delicious and nutritious," says the Ivorian, who is learning how to rear and harvest the tasty gastrop...

MONROVIA, Liberia, July 31 (UNHCR) – A month after their refugee status ended, more than 1,600 Liberians have returned home in the single-largest movements in recent years. Last Friday, 1,566 Liberians were brought home on buses and barges from neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire. Another 79 were flown f...

MONROVIA, Liberia, January 4 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has completed its successful repatriation of more than 155,000 Liberians, 23 years after the start of the civil war in their homeland that made them into refugees. The final 724 Liberians were helped home from Guinea on the last weekend...

MONROVIA, Liberia, 26 November, 2013 (UNHCR): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Liberia has repatriated 16,232 Ivorian refugees this year, attaining the 16,000 repatriation target the UN refugee agency had set for 2013 while still having a few more weeks to go before the e...

Ambassadors visit refugee camps, as refugees appeal for more support MONROVIA, Liberia, 1 February, 2014 (UNHCR): Ivorian refugees living in Liberia have appealed to Ambassadors and representatives of various countries and organizations around the world for more support during an unprecedente...

Tripartite Commission Lauds Refugee Repatriation to Côte d’Ivoire ABIDJAN, 28 March, 2014 (UNHCR): The Governments of Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire have commended the ongoing voluntary repatriation of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia at a two-day meeting held at the Ministry of State, Minis...