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Returns to FYR of Macedonia top 50,000, but fear and mistrust remain
14 Sep 2001 The total number of returns from Kosovo to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has topped 50,000. Refugees and displaced people still cite security concerns, however, and UNHCR has repeated its calls for international security arrangements once NATO troops finish their mission at the end of September. -
Prospects for peace in FYR of Macedonia draw refugees home
10 Sep 2001 Drawn home by the absence of fighting in Macedonia, more than 8,000 refugees have returned to FYR of Macedonia from Kosovo since a parliament vote on September 6 to consider more rights for ethnic Albanians. -
Renewed fighting causes concern
10 Aug 2001 The U.N. Refugee Agency has expressed alarm at the latest upsurge in fighting in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and at the almost daily kidnappings and other harassment of civilians. -
Greater efforts needed to reverse displacement
7 Aug 2001 High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers said greater international efforts were necessary to reverse a wave of displacement in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Though some villages remained tense, refugees continued to return to the country from Kosovo. -
More displaced civilians return from Kosovo
31 Jul 2001 The number of displaced civilians returning from Kosovo to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) increased significantly in the last few days. Many are going back to the reopened village of Aracinovo. -
Balkan confidence-building measures proposed
27 Jul 2001 The U.N. Refugee Agency has proposed a series of confidence-building measures to try to ease tensions in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The agency also undertook the first of a series of go-and-see visits for displaced persons in the disputed Tetovo area. -
Canada's Kosovar programme ends
25 Jul 2001 Canada's participation in a unique programme to protect refugees fleeing the 1999 Kosovo conflict has come to an end with the return of the final six Kosovo Albanians to their homeland. -
New ethnic separations in the Balkans
24 Jul 2001 Eric Morris, UNHCR's special envoy for the region, voices UNHCR's concern on reports that Macedonian Slavs are fleeing ethnic Albanian areas in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. -
UNHCR seeks humanitarian access to FYR of Macedonia war victims
17 Jul 2001 UNHCR is seeking humanitarian access to areas affected by the war in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as a first step toward aiding civilian victims and ensuring the return of refugees and displaced people as soon as possible.