25,000 Rwandans head Home

The Monitor (Kampala)
NEWS
November 5, 2003
Posted to the web November 5, 2003

By Frank Nyakairu & Agencies
Kampala
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees is preparing about 25,000 Rwandan
refugees living in camps in Uganda for repatriation.
UNHCR's Protection Officer, Mr Stephen Gonah, told the French News Agency
recently that the process would start with an information campaign.
"The UNHCR, along with the government of Uganda, have started with an
information campaign in the camps to tell these people about the situation and
we hope to have the first convoys leaving for Rwanda in December," he said.
He said Rwandan officials would come to Uganda to assure the refugees that the
situation back home is good.
"We are using leaflets, video and audio tapes to pass on the message," Gonah
added.
Rwandan Foreign minister Charles Murigande told The Monitor by phone yesterday
that a refugee repatriation committee is ready to receive the lot.
"We have a refugee repatriation committee which will identify the destitute
among the refugees and will immediately take care of their needs," he said.
Rwandan refugees have come to Uganda at different times since 1959.

   

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