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Almost 100 Roma return to Kosovo city
18 Oct 2007 UNHCR has assisted 92 members of Kosovo's minority Roma, Ashkalia and Egyptian communities to return to their home district in the city of Mitrovica. -
UNHCR helps Roma group find a new home in Montenegro
16 Oct 2007 A group of 27 uprooted Roma families spent years living in a squalid riverside settlement in the Montenegrin town of Berane. UNHCR and local authorities have found a solution for them. -
Hundreds of new flats honour pledge of refugee integration in Serbia
2 Aug 2007 Hundreds of new flats under construction in Serbia will bring the promise of refugee integration nearer to fulfilment. -
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. -
Travelling photo exhibition in Montenegro throws light on refugees
5 Jul 2007 A travelling photographic exhibition in Montenegro is literally throwing light on the living conditions and suffering of refugees and displaced people. The show is staged in darkness and visitors are given torches to view the images. -
UNHCR mobilizes lawyers to combat statelessness in Montenegro
31 May 2007 Hadzi and Maksum Miftari seem full of life, but in legal terms the boys practically did not exist in their birthplace Montenegro or anywhere else until recently. A UNHCR legal aid programme helped get them a birth certificate and nationality, but many others from minority groups are still at risk of statelessness. -
Less than 50 percent of registered returnees live in Croatia: UNHCR study
16 May 2007 A survey commissioned by the UN refugee agency has found that less than half of the roughly 120,000 ethnic Serbs registered as returnees in Croatia actually live in the country. -
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. -
UNHCR welcomes Croatia's first ever asylum case
16 Nov 2006 A 27-year-old African woman fleeing religious persecution and genital mutilation is the first ever person to be granted asylum in Croatia. UNHCR on Thursday welcomed the decision.