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Ivorians who fled to Liberia return 'home', no longer considered refugees by UN

Ivorian refugees in Buuto prepare to return to Cote d'Ivoire after years spent in Liberia. The UN announced the cessation of refugee status on 20 June 2022. © RFI/Darlington Porkpa

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has announced the end of the refugee status given to Ivorians who fled political crises in their country to reside in neighboring Liberia. To mark the occasion, the human rights organisation's Chief Filippo Grandi was in the northeastern town of Buuto on World Refugee Day.

The High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was in Buuto northeastern Liberia, located about 377 km away from the capital, Monrovia to witness the repatriation of the last batch of 268 Ivorian refugees from Liberia.

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