Under Unhcr Auspices, South African Exiles Return Home

With the help of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the first group of political exiles have returned home to South Africa. It is the first time in 30 years that a UN Agency has operated in the country. Some 40,000 political refugees are expected to return, now that the South African Government has granted them amnesty. While most returnees are elated to be home, the economic recession in South Africa means an uncertain future for many. However, the fact that they are home is evidence of the dismantling of Apartheid in South Africa.