Serbia has most refugees in Europe
International Refugee Day is being marked today, with Serbia home to some 100,000 refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, the highest figure in Europe.
Friday, 20.06.2008.
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International Refugee Day is being marked today, with Serbia home to some 100,000 refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, the highest figure in Europe. There are about 75 collective refugee centers in Serbia sheltering some 6,000 people, while the rest live in private accommodation or with family members. Serbia has most refugees in Europe The number of people with refugee status was 550,000 in 1996. With many receiving Serbian citizenship in the meantime, that figure has since fallen to about 100,000. According to statistics from the UNHCR and the Republic Commissariat for Refugees in Serbia, there are about 206,000 internally displaced persons from Kosovo living in Serbia. UNHCR offices around the world and in Serbia received some 75,000 applications for refugee status last year. There are currently 67 million refugees in the world, and that number has been on the increase over the last two years. Inside a refugee center in Serbia (FoNet, archive)
Serbia has most refugees in Europe
The number of people with refugee status was 550,000 in 1996. With many receiving Serbian citizenship in the meantime, that figure has since fallen to about 100,000.According to statistics from the UNHCR and the Republic Commissariat for Refugees in Serbia, there are about 206,000 internally displaced persons from Kosovo living in Serbia.
UNHCR offices around the world and in Serbia received some 75,000 applications for refugee status last year.
There are currently 67 million refugees in the world, and that number has been on the increase over the last two years.
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