Refugees

10.02.2003 The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that about one million refugees, or about half of all those displaced during the conflict in BiH, have returned to their homes since 1995.

30.12.2002 Dejan Georgievski provides a comprehensive overview of the situation of refugees and IDPs in Macedonia after the 1999 war in Kosovo and the 2001 internal conflict.

17.12.2002 An excerpt from the UNDP - National Human Development Report 2002 updates us on the situation of refugees and IDPs in and from Bosnia and Herzegovina

10.12.2002 International law traditionally differentiates refugees and internally diplaced persons. The conduction of humanitarian relief operations on behalf of people fleeing from conflicts reveals the intricacy of the problems and the actual impossibility of clear-cut distinctions.

09.12.2002 In spite of the recent effort paid by the international community to facilitate refugees' return to Kosovo, the situation in the region still remains critical: difficult security conditions impede implementation of the plan.
Othr issue of main concern is also constituted by widespread trafficking of human beings for the purpose of prostitution.

09.12.2002 In the 1990s Macedonia had constituted a peaceful exception within the territory of former Yugoslavia: this had prevented it from becoming a source of conflict-related migrations. The 2001 internal conflict has overtly changed the situation: although the majority of refugees/IDPs has returned to the places of origin, thousands of persons still remain displaced.

09.12.2002 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is going through a major structural reform that will put an end to the history of the federal State: the new union of Serbia and Montenegro will soon operate a readjustment of its migratory policies and border controls, a reform likely to have a determining effect on the east-west migration fluxes.

09.12.2002 Albania has one of the highest emigration rates in the whole world. The phenomenon is affecting the human capital of the country: the brain drain process is in fact subtracting fundamental forces from the local development process.

01.01.1970 International law traditionally differentiates refugees and internally diplaced persons. The conduction of humanitarian relief operations on behalf of people fleeing from conflicts reveals the intricacy of the problems and the actual impossibility of clear-cut distinctions.[Read More]