Liam Fox, PNG correspondent
More than a hundred people who fled the Indonesian province of Papua to neighbouring Papua New Guinea have returned home.
Several thousand Papuans live in PNG and some people have been in the country here for more than 30 years after fleeing Indonesian rule.
The Indonesian Embassy in Port Moresby has been offering to repatriate those who want to return home.
On Thursday, two planes carried 140 people from Wewak to Papua's capital Jayapura.
An embassy spokesman said Indonesian authorities will guarantee the safety of repatriates.
But Freddy Waromi, a Port Moresby-based member of the Papuan separatist group OPM, says he doesn't believe anyone who fought for independence will be safe.
"They definitely will be persecuted," he said.
Another plane carrying more repatriates is due to leave Port Moresby on Sunday.
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