Angola: Repatriation Plan from South Africa

The document outlines a voluntary repatriation programme starting in August 2006 to return approximately 4,000 Angolan refugees from South Africa to Angola. While the UNHCR provides resettlement grants, it will end its assistance in October 2006. The briefing notes that many refugees are reluctant to return due to Angola's severe socio-economic challenges, including high poverty (70%) and unemployment (over 50%), despite a government shift in spending from defence to social sectors between 1999 and 2003.

• A voluntary repatriation programme for Angolan refugees in South Africa is scheduled to start in August 2006, with an expectation that 4,000 of the approximately 13,000 Angolan refugees in the country will return over 18 months.
• The UNHCR is providing resettlement grants of $100 per adult and $50 per child, but this assistance is scheduled to end in October 2006.
• Since 2003, the UNHCR has assisted in the voluntary return of Angolans from South Africa, Zambia, and the DRC; of an estimated 460,000 refugees, roughly 360,000 have returned.
• Despite a shift in national budget priorities between 1999 and 2003—where spending on Defence dropped from 25.5% to 2.9% while Education and Health spending increased—Angola continues to face severe social deficiencies, including over 50% unemployment and 70% of the population living below the poverty line.
• Angola was ranked 160th out of 177 countries in the 2005 UNDP HDI, with the report highlighting that the country's health and educational indicators were among the worst in Africa.

APA

Hendricks, C., & Hutton, L. (2006). Angola: Repatriation Plan from South Africa. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.org/topics/conflict-prevention-and-analysis/16-may-2006-iss-today-angola-repatriation-plan-from-south-africa

Chicago

Hendricks, Cheryl, and Lauren Hutton. Angola: Repatriation Plan from South Africa. Institute for Security Studies, 2006. https://issafrica.org/topics/conflict-prevention-and-analysis/16-may-2006-iss-today-angola-repatriation-plan-from-south-africa.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{hendricks2006angola, author = {Hendricks, Cheryl and Hutton, Lauren}, title = {{Angola: Repatriation Plan from South Africa}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2006}, month = may, url = {https://issafrica.org/topics/conflict-prevention-and-analysis/16-may-2006-iss-today-angola-repatriation-plan-from-south-africa}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }