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This is the best place in the world, Bosnian returnee tells UN official
17 Jun 2005 On a recent visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Walter Kälin, the UN Secretary-General's Representative on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, spoke to returnees who were happy to be home despite facing some difficulties settling back in. -
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. -
UN refugee agency reports 1,415 returns in Bosnia and Herzegovina in February
13 Apr 2004 The UN refugee agency says 1,415 refugees and IDPs went back in February to their pre-war homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a large number of them proceeding to areas where they are in the minority. -
UNHCR official visits Balkans, honours victims of Srebrenica massacre
17 Mar 2004 Those responsible for the Srebrenica massacre - seen as the worst atrocity of the Bosnia war - must be brought to justice, said Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane on a week-long visit to the Balkans.