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New housing helps cut the number of collective centres in Serbia
21 Aug 2008 The opening of a UNHCR-funded apartment block in southern Serbia brings the goal of closing the remaining collective centres for refugees and internally displaced people a small step closer. -
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. -
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. -
Iranian businessman becomes first refugee to get Philippine citizenship
25 Sep 2006 An Iranian businessman has become the first refugee to be granted Philippine citizenship. Buick Bahador, who fled Iran in 1979 and is married to a Filipina, was sworn in during a court ceremony in Angeles City, Pampanga province. -
Home again, 10 years after Croatia's Operation Storm
5 Aug 2005 A decade after Operation Storm, when the Croatian military launched a massive offensive that drove some 250,000 Croatian Serbs into exile, more than half of this refugee population has returned to Croatia. UNHCR looks at their hopes and challenges on the 10th anniversary of the exodus. -
Refugee herdsmen return to Nigeria
18 Apr 2005 A convoy of 420 refugees, mostly from the Fulani tribe who fled clashes in eastern Nigeria's Taraba state in 2002, have ended their exile in Cameroon and left for home. Many more are expected to follow later, travelling on foot with their livestock. -
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. -
Internally displaced Liberians start journey home; first airlift from Nigeria
8 Nov 2004 The Liberian repatriation operation has expanded with the start of airlifts from Nigeria and return convoys carrying internally displaced Liberians back to their home areas. -
Feature: Building a future with their own hands
19 Feb 2004 A glowing example of refugee self-reliance, the Tarbuk family from Croatia has worked hard to integrate into their new community in Serbia. With a little help from aid agencies like UNHCR, they are in the process of completing their own house and rebuilding a new life.