Zambia: Voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees

UNHCR has launched a three year voluntary repatriation programme to help Congolese refugees in Zambia return home to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. UNHCR plans for up to 20,000 of the 61,000 Congolese in Zambia to return in 2007. The initial convoy, carrying 414 refugees, drove 400 kilometres from Mwange Refugee Camp in the north of Zambia to the Zambian port of Mpulungu where they overnighted.