The governments of Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) resumed Friday (18 Dec) the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia, which had been interrupted for more than a year by the deadly Ebola outbreak. Some 11...

L’opération de rapatriement des réfugiés ivoiriens au Libéria du Haut-Commissariat aux réfugiés des Nations Unies (UNHCR) a repris, vendredi, avec le retour de 654 personnes, annonce un communiqué du HCR, transmis, dimanche, à l’Agence de Presse Africaine (APA). Cette opération avait été suspendue...

Abidjan - Le Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (UNHCR) a repris, vendredi, le rapatriement volontaire de plusieurs dizaines de milliers de réfugiés ivoiriens au Liberia, indique l’institution internationale dans un communiqué dont l’AIP a reçu copie samedi. Cette opération a ...

Regard enjoué, Jean Hié, pressé de retrouver les siens après des années d’exil du fait de la crise postélectorale, a presque "envie de sauter" de la barque du Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) qui effectue la traversée du Liberia à la Côte d’Ivoire. Vendredi vers 13HGM...

Prollo, Côte d'Ivoire — The UN Refugee Agency has resumed the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia, after a pause of more than a year because land borders were closed to prevent the spread of a deadly Ebola outbreak. Some 11,000 of the 38,000 Ivorian refuge...

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Following the fifth technical meeting of the Tri-partite Commission on the Voluntary Repatriation of Ivorian refugees held on 9th and 10th December 2015 in Monrovia, the Governments of Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and the UNHCR have agreed to resume the voluntary repatriation process. The Acting Minist...

By Mafanta Kromah, mafanta.kromah@gmail.com0880637357 The UNHCR continues to intensify efforts to end and prevent statelessness. Statelessness, in this context, is a situation in which a person is without nationality or citizenship; something UNHCR describes as human rights violation. Addressin...

Monrovia - On August 1, 2011, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf signed into law the National Identification Registry Act, which repealed PRC Decree # 65 establishing the National Identification card system. In May 2012, President Sirleaf established the NIR Board of Registrars, which includes the head...

Acting Minister B. Elias Shoniyin and Ms. Ndeye Ndour, the new Resident Representative of the UNHCR briefly exchanged views on her new assignment Photo Credit: Public Affairs The Acting Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, B. Elias Shoniyin, on Tuesday, October 13, received in audience, ...