BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom ; 17-Feb-2000 12:00:00 am ; 72 words
One hundred twenty refugees, consisting of women, children and men [as heard], arrived
in Boosaaso airport, Puntland regional state [northeastern Somalia], from a Kenyan refugee
camp.
Muhammad Isma'il, head of the UNHCR [United High Commissioner for Refugees] office in
Boosaaso said the returnees had been provided with rations for nine months, utensils and
50 dollars each.
The returnees were received by Ali Ahmad Hasharo, the minister of information, culture,
posts and telecommunication; the minister of animal husbandry, Dr.Yasin Farah Artan, the
mayor of Boosaaso and UNHCR officials...