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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". -
Feature: "Floating" Albanians need concrete assistance
26 Sep 2002 More than 200 Albanians have returned to their village of Biti e Ulët in south-eastern Kosovo since May. Others "float" as squatters in a nearby village. The returnees have started growing vegetables and rearing chickens, but need reconstruction assistance to rebuild their burnt homes before winter. -
Feature: Return to Kosovo - one brick at a time
21 Aug 2002 Fourteen Serbs go home to Kosovo's most war-torn district, where they begin rebuilding the physical and social infrastructure with help from UNHCR and other international agencies. -
Kosovo's refugees still need international protection, says UNHCR
3 May 2002 The refugee agency's new position paper on the continued protection needs of asylum seekers and refugees from Kosovo urges states not to compel or induce certain groups of refugees - including minorities - to return home. -
Lubbers, Busek say fate of one million uprooted persons key to Balkan stability
30 Jan 2002 Prospects for peace and stability in the Balkans are directly linked to the fate of the one million people who are still uprooted in the region as a result of the war, according to High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers and Erhard Busek, the new head of the Balkans 'Stability Pact.' -
Return to FYR of Macedonia slows as NATO mission nears end
25 Sep 2001 Returnee numbers are falling due to continuing worries about security once the NATO arms collection mission has ended. -
Prospects for peace in FYR of Macedonia draw refugees home
10 Sep 2001 Drawn home by the absence of fighting in Macedonia, more than 8,000 refugees have returned to FYR of Macedonia from Kosovo since a parliament vote on September 6 to consider more rights for ethnic Albanians. -
Canada's Kosovar programme ends
25 Jul 2001 Canada's participation in a unique programme to protect refugees fleeing the 1999 Kosovo conflict has come to an end with the return of the final six Kosovo Albanians to their homeland. -
UNHCR urges authorities to track down killers of Bosniak returnee
13 Jul 2001 The U.N. refugee agency today urged authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to track down the murderer of a 16-year-old Bosniak returnee.