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The two Congos recommend projects to reintegrate returnees

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The UN refugee agency and the two Congos recommended community projects in agriculture, vocational training and health to support the reintegration of returnees. The recommendation was made on 22 October in Kintélé, near Brazzaville, the Congolese News Agency reported.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo recommended on 22 October that community projects be implemented to help reintegrate returnees. The proposed initiatives concern agriculture, vocational training and health, according to the Congolese News Agency.

The recommendations were made in Kintélé, near Brazzaville. They are part of the two Congos’ joint approach to ensuring sustainable returns for refugees from the DRC, presented on the same day by the two Congos.

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