They began to go home.

They have gladly accepted weeks of forced marches to reach home.

I may never go home any more

In addition, one native of Lachin had returned.

Shen Yi, a Tongxiang person, has been working outside for 20 years. Due to attraction of the Internet Conference, he returns home to start a business.

c) the improvement of services provided for returning workers up to their hometown

My name's Iris Henderson. I'm going home to be married.

The remaining number of potential returnees was estimated at around 20,000.

However, more than 90,000 refugees, the vast majority returning from the United Republic of Tanzania, repatriated in 2004, bringing the total number of returnees since 2002 to 225,000.

More than 19,300 Burundians have repatriated so far in 2005.

After this incident, the author decided to go back to her home town of Roudsar.

Most of the persons expelled were taken to their home communes in Butare prefecture on 26 July.

Particular refugee groups targeted are ones in protracted situations who chose not to repatriate or who come from extremely volatile and insecure areas and for whom return is not an option.

Though massive in scale, the return was marked by relatively few incidents, and returnees were generally well received in their home communes.

Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes have yet to begin.

In Eritrea, 13,000 persons returned to their places of origin in Shilalo.

Large scale population movements and the reintegration of returnee populations have been brought to a close.

The ones who got back home at the price of an arm or an eye or a leg... these were the lucky ones.

Humanitarian activities related to the return of IDPs have until now focused mainly on transport assistance and the distribution of return packages, while working groups on sexual violence and child protection have been set up in a number of places.

On disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), there has been little progress.

8. In the Horn of Africa, obstacles other than conflict are often delaying the return of refugees to their homes.

Those who leave our village, and those who later return to their birthplace, walk along this road.

The United Nations has established an inter agency framework on the protection of returnees to set clear protection standards and provide training and guidance to field staff that will support returnees on their way home.

Over the past four years approximately 3 million civilians have been newly internally displaced, including refugees who return to their country of origin but remain displaced, unable to return to their home areas, which remain insecure, while a further 3 million have returned, been integrated locally or resettled.

Apparently, the returnees were gradually sent to Bujumbura Mairie and then to Rural Bujumbura, Bubanza and Cibitoke.

UNHCR intends to ensure the sustainability of returnee absorption capacity at all levels (central Government, prefectural and communal), and to provide an adequate response to the needs of returnees in areas in which they resettle.

On 9 October 1993, the Programme of Support for the Population (PAR) was established in order to assist the return of displaced people to their places of origin.

With regard to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 183,000 refugees and 200,000 displaced persons had returned to their homes.

In a time of shrinking resources, repatriation was regarded as the most desirable solution for refugees however, those who either could not return or had been forced to flee again must not be forgotten.

UNMIL continued to assist the return of Government officials to their duty stations, including 168 internal revenue collectors to 13 revenue collecting posts, 206 customs officers to 11 rural customs posts and 379 Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization officers.

You're a peasant.

Get out of your cellars!

14. There were also cases of persons sentenced to restriction of liberty or internal banishment 8 or persons simply forced to return to their place of origin.

For a variety of reasons, refugees may feel that it is in their best interests to repatriate, even if conditions are not completely safe at home.

The Lutheran World Federation has been assigned the task of resettling the returnees in certain communes in Kibungo and Gitarama prefectures.

35. From the start of the promotion phase in December 1997 until July 1998, some 62,400 refugees had returned under the auspices of the international community.

However, as a whole, the project to demobilize and reintegrate child soldiers, which has been implemented in close coordination between the national DDR programme and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), can be considered to be a success.

Additional repatriation corridors have opened in the last few months, though the registration for return has been low in Namibia and Zambia, due partly to concerns over elections planned for 2006.

Additional efforts must be made to guarantee that internally displaced persons decide freely, on the basis of good information, and under conditions of dignity and safety, if and when to return to their home areas.

The EU is willing also to train military personnel and civilians to participate in DDR programmes, including aspects specific to the subject of child soldiers.

During October, the number of internally displaced persons diminished slightly to 1.75 million as a result of new registrations and some small scale returns.

As more refugees and internally displaced persons return to their original homes, property disputes continue to pose security challenges.

By contrast, the internally displaced often received insufficient support during their displacement, had no organization to monitor their safe return, and generally returned empty handed.

If she is fortunate she is paid minimum wage and later is allowed to return to her family on the condition that she helps the mail order bride syndicate.

Israel still rejects the return of the refugees to their homeland, in violation of General Assembly resolution 194 (III) and Security Council resolution 237 (1967).