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UNHCR welcomes acceptance of resettled refugees in Sheffield, UK
19 May 2005 More than 50 refugees from Myanmar have arrived in the United Kingdom as part of a joint government-UNHCR resettlement initiative aimed at helping long-term refugees with protection problems in their country of first asylum. -
Exiles in UK criticise pre-election focus on asylum
9 May 2005 Some asylum seekers and refugees in the United Kingdom have voiced concern about the heightened focus on immigration and asylum in the campaigning leading up to last week's elections, saying it fed negative sentiments towards foreigners rather than a better understanding of asylum issues. -
Internally displaced number drops in Bosnia and Herzegovina
15 Apr 2005 The preliminary results of a re-registration show that there are now 185,000 internally displaced people in the country, down from more than 500,000 in 2000. Many people have returned to their pre-war homes, while others have integrated in their host communities. -
Europe development bank funds housing projects in Balkans
15 Mar 2005 More than 2,300 people in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro will soon have been enabled to move out of collective centres into individual accommodation after the finalisation of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and the UN refugee agency. -
Severe cold hits refugees and returnees in Bosnia and Herzegovina
16 Feb 2005 Local authorities and the UN refugee agency have been struggling to provide refugees with the basics - water and sanitation - as snow and plummeting temperatures bring much of Bosnia and Herzegovina to a grinding halt. -
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. -
Born again: The Bosnian miller's tale
6 Dec 2004 The wheel of life is turning again for the Petricevic family who have returned to Malesici village north of Sarajevo and restarted their watermill business with the help of the local authorities, UNHCR and the international community. -
Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes over 1 million returnees
21 Sep 2004 UNHCR has hailed this as a significant milestone in the long process of rebuilding a nation shattered during the 1992-5 war. The agency has also called for continued international support to make the returns sustainable. -
UNHCR urges festival campers to think of real refugees' plight
28 Jun 2004 In an attempt to sensitise young people in the UK to the plight of refugees, the refugee agency handed out a Camp Challenge to revellers at the Glastonbury music festival last weekend, drawing comparisons between camping at Glastonbury and living in real refugee camps like the ones in Chad.