voluntary return of 300 Central African refugees from Cameroon

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A total of 300 Central African refugees living in Cameroon voluntarily decided to return home on 1^is June 2022. The departure took place between the border between the two countries at Garoua Boulaï.

Having found refuge in neighboring Cameroon during the clashes, 300 Central Africans returned home. On the initiative of the authorities of the two countries and of the UNHCR. They were housed in the Gado-Badzéré camp, in eastern Cameroon. They returned aboard a dozen buses. The returnees are the first wave of 2,500 Central Africans, having chosen to voluntarily return to the country following many years abroad.





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As a reminder, at the end of June 2016, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and the UNHCR signed an agreement setting the legal framework for the voluntary return of Central African refugees settled in the first country mentioned. “The free and voluntary nature of the repatriation must be verified for all those involved in the operations that will be implemented. Those Central African refugees who do not feel ready to return to their country of origin will retain their refugee status and the protection of the Cameroonian authorities”.

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