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  • The Story of Parentless Children after the Crisis of Libya

    Zanaba rejoined her four children after two months of being separated during the Libyan Crisis. © OIM 2012
    Chad - The 3rd of March, 2011 is a day that Fouda, 10 years old, will never forget: it was the last time she and her three siblings saw their father when he left their home in search of food for them. He never returned.
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  • Starting Over in Chad: A Returnee's Story

    Hadidja Banaye returned from Libya in 2011 to Moussoro (West Chad). She expects to have a better life for her family. © IOM 2012
    Chad - Hadidja Banaye lived and worked in Libya for 18 years. Last year, she fled fighting in the country and returned to Chad penniless. Now, she and many others like her must re-build their lives from scratch.
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  • South Sudanese Returnees Speak of Life in the North

    Joseph Lino, 67 years old, spent most of his life in a displacement camp in Khartoum where the conditions they lived and worked under were "those of second class citizens." He and thousands of others are required to leave the Republic of Sudan after the South declared independence in July 2011. © IOM 2012
    South Sudan - An estimated half a million South Sudanese remain in the Republic of Sudan - formerly the northern part of Sudan before the country split in two in July 2011. Many took refuge there as displaced people from the civil war, which began in 1995, continued intermittently and which was fought mainly in the South.
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  • A Long Walk Home: Story of South Sudanese Returnees

    South Sudanese returnees unload their luggage at Juba port. IOM is providing transport to final destinations, pre-departure health checks and other assistance to returnees from the North after they arrive in the South. © IOM 2012
    South Sudan - This is a story of incredible endurance by South Sudanese who are returning to South Sudan from (north) Sudan.
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  • From Misrata to Accra: Abd Al Mageed's story

    At Misrata port: A last attempt at convincing Abd Al Mageed to join the IOM boat. © IOM 2011 (Photo: M. Refaat)
    Libya - The story started when I saw Abd Al Mageed sitting alone at Misrata port. Visibly shaken, and rejected by everyone, he stared blankly at me. Having been beaten and tortured he was mentally destroyed and physically weak.
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