Congo refugees resettle in Ireland

Published Date: 19 September 2008
Some 80 refugees who fled a brutal civil conflict in the Congo will be resettled in Ireland next year, it has been confirmed.
The families are currently living in ramshackle refugee camps in the north-western region of Tanzania. Integration Minister Conor Lenihan and officials will be travelling to Tanzania on Saturday to finalise details of the UN-led resettlement move.

The refugees are expected to arrive in Ireland in April 2009 and will immediately take part in a six-week orientation programme in Co Mayo to help them adjust to their new lives in Ireland. They will then be resettled in a town which has not yet been disclosed.

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