Less “legally invisible” Roma people (Beta, Večernje Novosti)
In Serbia, in the past four years is halved the number of “legally invisible” Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians i.e. persons without citizenship, was announced at the presentation of the research “Persons at risk of statelessness in Serbia – Progress Report 2010-2015”. The head of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Serbia Hans Friedrich Schodder expressed […]
Read More →12 displaced families repatriated from Montenegro (Kosova Sot)
Twelve families from the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) community returned to Gjakova/Djakovica sixteen years after fleeing to Montenegro. The families moved into new houses constructed through funds pledged by the EU, UNHCR and the Government of Kosovo. Christof Stock from the EU Office in Kosovo said that a similar project is also expected to […]
Read More →Mustafa meets head of UNHCR in Kosovo (KosovaPress)
Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa met yesterday the UNHCR Kosovo’s Chief of Mission, N. L. Narasimha Rao, with whom he discussed the progress in Kosovo as well as the commitment of the government to establish conditions for full reintegration of returnees. Rao spoke of the importance of a legal framework for returnees, considering the […]
Read More →UNHCR: Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian families to return to their homes in Mitrovica (Koha)
Representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday met with the Mayor of Mitrovica, Agim Bahtiri, to discuss the possibilities of returning of some of the displaced families from the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities currently living in Montenegro. Representatives of the UNHCR and Bahtiri agreed that after the data collection […]
Read More →Municipality of Gjakova/Djakovica to build 12 houses for return of displaced persons (Kosovapress)
Municipality of Gjakova/Djakovica, in cooperation with the European Commission and UNHCR, will start construction of 12 houses for displaced persons from the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities. The municipality has already allocated land for construction of a total of 48 houses whereas 12 will be constructed in the project’s first stage. Municipality of Gjakova/Djakovica is […]
Read More →Pristina hosts meeting of regional working groups on displaced persons (Kosova Sot)
Special, sustainable measures for displaced persons from Kosovo were discussed at a meeting of the technical working groups in Pristina yesterday. The meeting, organised by the OSCE and supported by the UNHCR, brought together representatives from Pristina, Belgrade, Podgorica, and Skopje who spoke about issues relating to property rights, personal documents, security, and data management. […]
Read More →Representatives of the Office for KiM have met with UNHCR chief (Blic)
Dusan Kozarev, Deputy Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, and Vladimir Cucic, Commissioner for Refugees and Migration, conferred with Chief of the UNHCR Mission in Kosovo Narasimha Rao on Monday, reads a statement issued by the Office for KiM. “The officials discussed further development of cooperation in profiling the needs of […]
Read More →Kosovo Neighbours Pledge to Work Harder on Returnees (Balkan Insight)
Representatives of Kosovo’s neighboring countries met in Pristina to coordinate efforts on returning around 20,000 persons displaced from the Kosovo war who are willing to return. Representatives from Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo, dealing with the issue of displaced persons from the 1999 conflict, met in Pristina on Wednesday to discuss regional solutions to a […]
Read More →OSCE and UNHCR organize workshop on displaced persons from Kosovo (Indeksonline)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo, with the help of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is organizing a preparatory meeting today in Pristina for the technical working group to find sustainable solutions for displaced persons from Kosovo. Representatives of the governments in Belgrade, Podgorica, Pristina and Skopje will present the priorities and action plans […]
Read More →Dacic and the new UNHCR Representative discuss IDPs (Blic, Tanjug)
BELGRADE – Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and the new representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Belgrade Hans Friedrich Schodder discussed on Thursday the issue of displaced persons in Serbia and the implementation of the Regional Housing Program for refugees. The two officials expressed their support for a further cooperation […]
Read More →Interior Minister Hyseni met with UNHCR chief Rao (Bota Sot)
Minister of Internal Affairs, Skender Hyseni met on Wednesday with the UNHCR Chief of Mission in Kosovo, Narasimha Rao. Hyseni and Rao discussed the cooperation between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and UNHCR, with special emphasis on the process of re-integration of the people of Kosovo, as well as the conditions of asylum seekers in […]
Read More →UNHCR: The migration of Kosovo people, to be discussed at European level (Zeri)
The spokesperson of the UNHCR in Hungary, Erno Shimun, said on Thursday that migration of Kosovo people has to do with the escape from poverty. He said that the solution of this issue should be discussed at the European level. “According to our experience, migration of Kosovo people has to do with poverty,” said Shimun. […]
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