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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. -
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". -
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 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.