To mark the World Refugee Day
Updated: 2006-06-21 17:26
Michele Bupe plays at Kala refugee camp, which hosts 18,500
Congolese refugees, in Kawambwa district, 1,200 km (745 miles) north of Zambia's
capital Lusaka, June 20, 2006. The total number of refugees in the world--8.4
million people--is at its lowest in more than a quarter of a century, according
to U.N. figures. More than 6 million have returned home over the last four
years. The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) celebrated World Refugee Day on
June 20, 2006. [Reuters]
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