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GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. refugee agency will start repatriating a first group of refugees to their homes in southern Sudan later this week, the organization said Tuesday.
The voluntary, organized repatriation of up to 150 people is the first such return of Sudanese who fled the country during its long-running civil war.
"This is not the opening of the floodgates, but it is a start. It is quite a significant move since some of these people have been out of their country for 20 years," said Jennifer Pagonis, a spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
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