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UN refugee agency reports 1,415 returns in Bosnia and Herzegovina in February
13 Apr 2004 The UN refugee agency says 1,415 refugees and IDPs went back in February to their pre-war homes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a large number of them proceeding to areas where they are in the minority. -
UNHCR official visits Balkans, honours victims of Srebrenica massacre
17 Mar 2004 Those responsible for the Srebrenica massacre - seen as the worst atrocity of the Bosnia war - must be brought to justice, said Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane on a week-long visit to the Balkans. -
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. -
Swiss agency helps UNHCR build homes in Montenegro
30 Dec 2003 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has been working with UNHCR and authorities in Serbia and Montenegro since 1994 to build permanent homes for people uprooted by conflict in the former Yugoslavia. -
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.