PRISTINA, Aug 25 (Hina) - In the last 24 hours 250 persons from the Prizren area in Kosovo have returned to their homes in Macedonia, while 1,000 have returned since a peace agreement was signed in Skopje earlier this month, the KFOR
peace-keepers in Prizren said on Saturday. All refugees have returned at their own initiative, the KFOR said, adding organised returns were not possible due to tensions and mined soil in Macedonia. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has called on refugees to be patient until security in Macedonia improved. According to incomplete data of international and local humanitarian organisations active in Kosovo, about 24,000 refugees have returned from the southern Yugoslav province to Macedonia to date. At least 53,000 more are waiting to return.(hina) ha
PRISTINA, Aug 25 (Hina) - In the last 24 hours 250 persons from the
Prizren area in Kosovo have returned to their homes in Macedonia,
while 1,000 have returned since a peace agreement was signed in
Skopje earlier this month, the KFOR peace-keepers in Prizren said
on Saturday.
All refugees have returned at their own initiative, the KFOR said,
adding organised returns were not possible due to tensions and
mined soil in Macedonia.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has called on
refugees to be patient until security in Macedonia improved.
According to incomplete data of international and local
humanitarian organisations active in Kosovo, about 24,000 refugees
have returned from the southern Yugoslav province to Macedonia to
date. At least 53,000 more are waiting to return.
(hina) ha