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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. -
Stars turn out to support North London charity for refugee children
11 Feb 2004 The North London charity Salusbury World launches a resource pack for teachers of refugee children. -
UN refugee agency to help Bosnia set up asylum system
11 Feb 2004 With the return of almost 1 million people uprooted by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UN refugee agency is shifting the focus of its work to helping the country set up its own asylum system. -
Young refugee advocates get STAR treatment in the UK
14 Jan 2004 Based in the United Kingdom, Student Action for Refugees (STAR) recently held two events that allowed young Britons, Poles, refugees and asylum seekers to share ideas and expertise on the protection of people uprooted by conflict. -
UK gets wide support for UNHCR resettlement scheme for vulnerable refugees
4 Sep 2003 The United Kingdom recently joined a UNHCR programme to resettle refugees in need of special protection. The first group is likely to include Liberian refugees who fled to Sierra Leone during the 1989-90 civil war, with small numbers expected to arrive in the UK in October. -
Top UNHCR official visits the Balkans
9 Apr 2003 The UN refugee agency's Deputy High Commissioner, Mary Ann Wyrsch, has urged the international donor community not to walk away from the Balkans - a region that is still reeling from a string of wars and massive displacement crises of the 1990s. -
Landmine, booby traps kill eight Bosnian returnees in a fortnight
14 Mar 2003 Eight people have died and two have been wounded in a series of incidents involving uprooted people going back to their pre-war homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. UNHCR officials have described it as the worst string of incidents in years. -
Returns to Bosnia near one million mark
6 Feb 2003 Almost one million people driven from their homes by the Bosnia war have now gone back - nearly half of those uprooted by the three-year-long conflict. Among the returnees, 390,000 have gone back to areas controlled by their former enemies, partially reversing the practice of "ethnic cleansing".