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Pre-screening in Albania helps identify new arrivals in need of protection
6 Aug 2004 Albania has implemented an innovative procedure to conduct preliminary screenings of people who enter the country illegally. It helps identify foreigners in need of assistance and aims to reduce the chance of persons being removed, perhaps unlawfully, from Albania. -
Feature: Albanian artists return home, ending exile for exhibition
3 Jun 2004 After spending years abroad, 23 Albanian artists have returned to their homeland to stage "Colours of Albania in the World", a thought-provoking exhibition on human suffering and dignity. -
Integration in Albania: No longer a pipe dream
14 Apr 2003 A Kosovo Albanian who is making the best of his new life in Albania. -
Feature: Light returns to Black Mountain village as returnees rebuild homes
1 Nov 2002 UNHCR has completed a successful shelter project that has helped thousands of families rebuild their homes in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The last shelter kits were handed out in a village where the fighting had begun 18 months ago but which was recently authorised for return as the country moves towards political normalcy. -
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.' -
UNHCR welcomes constitutional changes extending Albanian's rights in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
16 Nov 2001 UNHCR Friday welcomed constitutional changes guaranteeing civil rights to the ethnic Albanian minority in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. On Thursday High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers warned of further population displacements if the August peace accord is not implemented immediately. -
New bus line linking ethnic communities starts service in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
23 Oct 2001 The U.N. refugee agency Tuesday inaugurated a new bus line linking the ethnic Albanian village of Selce with the city of Tetovo as part of its effort to promote freedom of movement in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. -
Refugee returns to former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia remain slow
16 Oct 2001 Reflecting slow progress in the peace process, refugee returns from Kosovo to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia remain at less than 100 persons per day, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. -
Refugee returns to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia remain at a trickle
12 Oct 2001 With confidence in the government's amnesty intentions low among former rebel soldiers, just 50 to 100 people are returning each day.