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UN: KOSOVO:
UN AGENCY, MISSION HELP ROMA FAMILIES TO RETURN TO FORMER NEIGHBOURHOODS:
17/10/2007
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UNITED
NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network /
- 17 October 2007 –
More than 100 displaced Roma have returned to
live in their former neighbourhood in a northern Kosovo town under a project
partly organized by the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Serbian
province (UNMIK) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Some 24
Roma families returned to apartments or houses near their original place of
residence in Mitrovica yesterday to mark the end of the first phase of the
“Return to the Roma Mahala” scheme, according to a press release issued by
UNMIK.
The 107
returnees either came from camps in the northern part of Mitrovica or from
neighbouring Montenegro or Serbia proper, and they follow the return of 462 Roma
in March this year to new apartments or private houses.
The Roma
Mahala is the name of the neighbourhood in Mitrovica that was home to an
estimated 8,000 Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians before it was destroyed during the
conflict between Kosovo’s majority Albanian population and forces from the
then Yugoslavia in 1999.
This
project aims to ensure that the Roma return with dignity and their families can
socially reintegrate into the fabric of Mitrovica life, by participating in the
reconstruction of their homes, becoming involved in income-generating activities
and developing contacts with the Kosovo Albanian community.
Aside
from UNMIK and UNHCR, the project is also being undertaken by the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the municipality of Mitrovica and
other organizations, including the Danish Refugee Council and Norwegian Church
Aid.
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