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Serbia: IDPs still seeking housing solutions and documentation to access their rights

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Roma IDPs in a Belgrade informal settlement. (Photo: Barbara McCallin/IDMC, May 2009)
  • Country Statistics
  • Latest IDP figure:
  • 230,000 (in Serbia)
    19,700 (in Kosovo)
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  • Number of refugees:
  • (Originating from the country)
    185,432 (UNHCR, June 2009)
  • Total Population:
  • 10,50 million
NOTE: In 2008 Kosovo declared independence from Serbia. The United Nations General Assembly subsequently voted to refer the independence declaration to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion. As of December 2009, 64 countries had recognised Kosovo. For the purpose of this overview references to the situation in “Serbia” since 2008 do not include Kosovo.

In 1999, over 245,000 members of local minorities fled from or within Kosovo in fear of reprisals from the majority Albanian population after NATO air strikes forced the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops and ended years of oppression of ethnic Albanians. Kosovo’s declaration of independence in February 2008 created new uncertainty for those still displaced, but there have been no major incidents targeting minority communities and no further displacement. Serbia has not recognised the independence of Kosovo, continuing to regard it as a United Nations-governed entity within its sovereign territory. (...)

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29 December 2009



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Internal Displacement Profile

"Causes and Background","Background","Causes of displacement","The ethnic minorities in Kosovo"
"Population Figures and Profile","Overview","Serbia (excluding Kosovo)","Kosovo"
"Patterns of Displacement","Overview","Current displacement processes","Multiple displacement","Other factors"
"Physical Security & Freedom of Movement","Overview","Serbia (excluding Kosovo)","Kosovo"
"Subsistence Needs","Overview","Serbia (excluding Kosovo)","Kosovo"
"Access to Education","Overview","Serbia (excluding Kosovo)","Kosovo"
"Issues of Self-Reliance and Public Participation","Overview","Serbia (excluding Kosovo)","Kosovo"
"Documentation Needs and Citizenship","Overview","Serbia (excluding Kosovo)","Kosovo"
"Issues of Family Unity, Identity and Culture","General"
"Property Issues","Overview","Serbia (excluding Kosovo)","Kosovo"
"Patterns of Return and Resettlement","Overview","Return movements","Return prospects","Return policy"
"National and International Responses","Overview","Reference to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement"

Previous Profile updates


News 
Already applying new approach to problems in Kosovo and Metohija, Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, 29 November 2009
Kosovo first elections meet standards: monitors, Agence France-Presse (AFP), 16 November 2009
Kosovars vote first time since independence declaration, Agence France-Presse (AFP), 15 November 2009
Krkobabic delivers aid to refugees, Government of the Republic of Serbia, 6 November 2009
Housing and property restitution for IDPs, Danish Refugee Council (DRC), 5 November 2009
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Recent reports 
UNHCR Global Appeal 2010-2011, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), December 2009
UNHCR's eligibility guidelines for assessing the international protection needs of individuals form Kosovo, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 9 November 2009
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