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Refugees and Returnees in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.txt

Refugees and Returnees in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

01. Returnees from Zaire on their way home. Gisenyi - Ruhengeri road, Rwanda. 11/1996.

02. Returning from exile in Zaire. Gisenyi, Rwanda. 10/1996.

03. Deserted Mugunga refugee camp, formerly one of the largest camps for Rwandan refugees in
Zaire's Goma region. 12/1996.

04. OXFAM water tanks at the deserted Mugunga refugee camp, Zaire, being dismantled for use
elsewhere. 12/1996.

05. IDPs from Zaire's Masisi region moving away from the border camp where they had found
shelter, in order to escape fighting in the Goma area, 10/1996.

06. Return to Rwanda: Refugees leaving the camps in Tanzania's Ngara region, 12/1996.

07. Return to Rwanda: Refugees leaving the camps in Tanzania's Ngara region, 12/1996.

08. Red Cross workers provided strings to avoid that children become separated from their parents
during the long trek back to Rwanda. Ngara region, Tanzania, 12/1996.

09. Returning refugees line up for rations of high-energy biscuits, Ngara region, Tanzania, 12/1996.

10. During the mass return to Rwanda, UNHCR plastic sheeting provided at least some protection
against the elements.

11. Rwandan refugees returning from Ngara region, Tanzania, 12/1996.

12. Mass return of Rwandan refugees. Crossing Rusumo bridge which forms the border between
Tanzania and Rwanda, 12/1996.

13. Arrival of refugees from Zaire at Kibiriti Port, Kigoma, Tanzania, 12/1996.

14. Registration of new arrivals from Zaire at a reception centre in Kibiriti, Kigoma, Tanzania.
12/1996.

15. Medical care for new arrivals from Zaire, Nyaragusu camp, Kasulu district, Tanzania, 12/1996.

16. Aerial view of Tingi Tingi camp near Lubuto, Maniema Prefecture, Zaire. 01/1997.

17. Rwandan refugees at Amisi camp near Lubuto, Maniema Prefecture, Zaire, 01/1997.

18. Airlift of high-protein biscuits for Rwandan refugees. Kalima, Shabunda region, Zaire. 02/1997.

19. Rwandan refugees awaiting food distribution at Kalima, Shabunda region, Zaire, 02/1997.

20. An unaccompanied returnee child at Birenga transit centre, Rwanda, is interviewed so his
parents can be traced, 12/1996.

PHOTO CREDITS

UNHCR/R. LeMoyne 01
UNHCR/R. Chalasani 02,05,06,07,08,09,10,11,12,20
UNHCR/H.J. Davies 03,04
UNHCR/L. Taylor 13,14,15
UNHCR/C. Bowers 16,17
UNHCR/D. Endres 18,19

Last updated Sep 21, 2011