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| Chad 'orphans' to return to homes | Chad 'orphans' to return to homes |
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| The government of Chad has given permission for 103 children who were caught up in a trafficking scandal to be returned home, Unicef says. | |
| Six French aid workers were convicted last year of trying to kidnap the 103 children from Chad, saying they thought they were orphans from Darfur. | Six French aid workers were convicted last year of trying to kidnap the 103 children from Chad, saying they thought they were orphans from Darfur. |
| The children will be returned to their families from an orphanage in Chad as soon as possible, Unicef says. | The children will be returned to their families from an orphanage in Chad as soon as possible, Unicef says. |
| The aid workers have been returned to France to serve out their jail terms. | The aid workers have been returned to France to serve out their jail terms. |
| They said they had been tricked into thinking the children they were preparing to fly to France were Sudanese orphans from Darfur. | |
| However, most of the children were found to be from Chad, which borders the war-torn western Sudanese region, and had parents who were still alive. |