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Football helps displaced Serbian boy forget his handicap
16 Jul 2007 Slobodan Simic was born without his right arm, but the 17-year-old Serb has found a way to get round his physical handicap and adjust to life as a displaced person. He has developed a real skill in playing football. -
Felt-making craft helps young Roma refugee women in Balkans state
24 May 2007 UNHCR is helping a small group of Roma women in Skopje to learn a simple, ancient craft that will boost their self-esteem and help them and their families become self-sufficient. -
Almost 120 displaced people return to Mitrovica's Roma Mahala district
12 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency has helped 118 people from minority communities return to their home district in the Kosovo city of Mitrovica almost eight years after they were forced to leave. -
Belgrade, Pristina and UN sign protocol on return of displaced people
9 Jun 2006 Following a year of intensive talks and meetings under UNHCR auspices, Belgrade and Pristina have signed a protocol aimed at facilitating and steering the return of internally displaced persons to the troubled province of Kosovo. -
Some of Kosovo's displaced minorities finally get a place to call home
31 May 2006 After seven years in the misery of the run-down Plemetina camp in Kosovo, 58 Roma families displaced since 1999 have moved into new housing after a concerted effort led by UNHCR. -
Leaving Plemetina
13 Dec 2005 Six years after the end of the conflict in Kosovo, there are still more than 20,000 internally displaced people in the UN-administered territory. Social housing projects funded by the Kosovo authorities, the European Agency for Reconstruction and the Greek Government are helping a few of them fulfil the dream of having a home of their own. -
Balkan governments seek to close refugee chapter in region
31 Jan 2005 At today's "3x3 Initiative" conference in Sarajevo, the governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro agreed to bring a close to the region's refugee chapter through voluntary return or local integration by the end of 2006, with assistance from UNHCR, OSCE and the EU. -
Swiss agency helps UNHCR build homes in Montenegro
30 Dec 2003 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has been working with UNHCR and authorities in Serbia and Montenegro since 1994 to build permanent homes for people uprooted by conflict in the former Yugoslavia. -
Feature: The unseen returns to Kosovo
16 Oct 2003 While the focus has always been on returning Serbs, throughout Kosovo significant successes have also been achieved in assisting the return of the Roma, Ashkaelia and Egyptian communities to their place of origin.