World Refugee Day - Serbia

In Serbian.
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- In April 2001, the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees, in cooperation with the UNHCR, carried out a registration of refugees and others who had fled to Serbia because of the war. The first analyses of the data from July 2001 register 451 980 persons in Serbia. Of that population, 377 731 have refugee status, while 72 249 do not meet all the necessary conditions to acquire this status under international law. The greatest numbers of refugees are from Croatia (about 63%), while the percentage of those from Bosnia-Herzegovina has declined to 36% as refugees from the latter return to their homes in greater numbers than those contemplating return to Croatia, where the process is quite difficult.
Although it is in some cases possible to return, the majority of refugees and IDPs (60.6% of those from Croatia and 59.8% of those from Bosnia-Herzegovina) have opted for integration in The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
Within Serbia, there are 408 registered collective centers, accommodating 30 056 people. Of this number, 20 949 are refugees, while 9107 are IDPs from Kosovo-Metohija. About 10 000 live in unregistered collective centers, while still others live with their relatives or friends, in their own houses and apartments or in rental housing. The greatest numbers of refugees are housed in Vojvodina, Belgrade and in the municipalities of Loznica and Sabac.

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