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UNHCR hands over asylum centre to Serbian government
24 Dec 2008 Serbia formally takes over control of the country's only asylum centre from the UN refugee agency, which had cared for asylum seekers for decades. -
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. -
One Macedonian town's waste is refugees' livelihood
17 Mar 2008 A Macedonian businessman is helping Roma refugees from Kosovo to become self-reliant by hiring them to work at a garbage recycling plant. -
Almost 100 Roma return to Kosovo city
18 Oct 2007 UNHCR has assisted 92 members of Kosovo's minority Roma, Ashkalia and Egyptian communities to return to their home district in the city of Mitrovica. -
Hundreds of new flats honour pledge of refugee integration in Serbia
2 Aug 2007 Hundreds of new flats under construction in Serbia will bring the promise of refugee integration nearer to fulfilment. -
Football helps displaced Serbian boy forget his handicap
16 Jul 2007 Slobodan Simic was born without his right arm, but the 17-year-old Serb has found a way to get round his physical handicap and adjust to life as a displaced person. He has developed a real skill in playing football. -
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. -
Almost 120 displaced people return to Mitrovica's Roma Mahala district
12 Mar 2007 The UN refugee agency has helped 118 people from minority communities return to their home district in the Kosovo city of Mitrovica almost eight years after they were forced to leave. -
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.