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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. -
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. -
Feature: The unseen returns to Kosovo
16 Oct 2003 While the focus has always been on returning Serbs, throughout Kosovo significant successes have also been achieved in assisting the return of the Roma, Ashkaelia and Egyptian communities to their place of origin. -
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. -
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.