“Intimidation prevents return of K. Serbs”

Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović says that a lack of security and arrest threats are the main reason for the halt in the return of Kosovo Serb IDPs.

Izvor: Veèernje novosti

Monday, 10.05.2010.

13:24

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Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic says that a lack of security and arrest threats are the main reason for the halt in the return of Kosovo Serb IDPs. “While (ethnic) Albanian authorities in Kosovo are all mouth about democracy and inviting (IDPs) to return, Serbs who try to return face attacks, beatings, stoning, and even accusations that the allegedly commuted crimes,” Bogdanovic told Vecernje Novosti daily. “Intimidation prevents return of K. Serbs” After Kosovo Albanian authorities indicted 22 Serbs of war crimes, the minister says Serbs cannot go back to their homes in Kosovo and Metohija because they fear for their safety. According to Bogdanovic, another major obstacle is the issue of unsolved property questions – i.e., of Serb property usurped by ethnic Albanians, which cannot be returned to the rightful owners “due to the inefficient court system”. “Last year, in cooperation with the UNHCR, we made a list of those exiled and determined that 1,274 families wished to return to Kosovo. However, many do not dare make that step, because they are afraid,” said Bogdanovic. According to the UNHCR website, on August 1, 2009, there were 205,835 registered Serb IDPs from Kosovo, now residing in other parts of Serbia. Previously, reports also suggested that more than 20,000 were also IDPs inside Kosovo.

“Intimidation prevents return of K. Serbs”

After Kosovo Albanian authorities indicted 22 Serbs of war crimes, the minister says Serbs cannot go back to their homes in Kosovo and Metohija because they fear for their safety.

According to Bogdanović, another major obstacle is the issue of unsolved property questions – i.e., of Serb property usurped by ethnic Albanians, which cannot be returned to the rightful owners “due to the inefficient court system”.

“Last year, in cooperation with the UNHCR, we made a list of those exiled and determined that 1,274 families wished to return to Kosovo. However, many do not dare make that step, because they are afraid,” said Bogdanović.

According to the UNHCR website, on August 1, 2009, there were 205,835 registered Serb IDPs from Kosovo, now residing in other parts of Serbia.

Previously, reports also suggested that more than 20,000 were also IDPs inside Kosovo.

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