The Commissariat for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia (hereinafter: the Commissariat) in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia, or independently has conducted several assessments on internally displaced persons (hereinafter: IDPs) from Kosovo and Metohija (KiM) and their needs since 2008. The last/first report on the needs of IDPs in Serbia was published in March 2011 based on analysis of data collected in an IDP survey jointly conducted by the Commissariat, UNHCR and the Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS). It aimed at identifying key problems of IDPs in Serbia, vulnerable groups among them and to recommend a course of action for improving their situation.
The 2011 Survey indicated that 22.886 IDP households (97.286 persons) out of 210.000 IDPs in Serbia had additional displacement-related needs. The Survey also identified and described main characteristics of IDP households, the situation of IDPs in the labour market, housing and property situation, their financial status, social inclusion, and interest to return.
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