Clark Troy (CTroy@sorosny.org) Meeting in Dushanbe on 6 June, UN and World Bank experts called for immediate measures to strengthen the insecure wall of a dam in the Pamirs Mountains, AP reported...
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Albania + 1 more
Forced Migration Projects and Soros activities in Yugoslavia
Several of the national foundations and network programs in the Soros foundations network are responding to the war in Kosovo and the displacement of Kosovars. In Albania and Macedonia, the...
Georgia + 1 more
Caucasus/Chechnya: UNHCR shifts Tbilisi meeting to Strasbourg
Citing security threats in Georgia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has revamped a meeting on the need for reform of taxation and registration laws concerning nongovernmental...
Recent closing of U.S. Embassy in fragile Tajikistan casts shadow over rehabilitation programs
International aid officials based in the Central Asian state of Tajikistan are concerned that the withdrawal of the American embassy staff to neighboring Kazakhstan could weaken hard-won projects...
Discontent Brewing Among Meskhetians Living in Georgia
A demonstration in Georgia staged by disgruntled Meskhetians underscored the need for implementation of a recently concluded framework document on solving issues related to human rights, repatriation...
Serbia + 1 more
Kosovo Appeal Meets with Quick Response
Donor governments have been positive in their response to a United Nations appeal to address the forced migration emergency in the separatist Yugoslav republic of Kosovo. The 1998 UN Consolidated...
Serbia + 1 more
Fighting in Kosovo stirs political tension in neighboring Montenegro
FM Alert, Vol. II, No. 37 - September 18, 1998 The conflict in Kosovo is stirring tension in the neighboring Yugoslav republic of Montenegro with grave ramifications for displaced persons. Montenegro...
Georgia - Meeting achieves breakthrough on Meskhetian issue
FM Alert, Vol. II, No. 37 - September 18, 1998 A meeting, co-sponsored by the Forced Migration Projects, created a potential breakthrough in the search for durable solutions for Meskhetians, a...
FMP publishes special report on Tajikistan
Paulette Layton (PLayton@sorosny.org) Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:37:04 -0400 The Forced Migration Projects have published a special report examining refugee repatriation issues in the Central Asian nation...
Serbia + 1 more
International indecision over Kosovo crisis
Paulette Layton (PLayton@sorosny.org) Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:34:33 -0400 On September 10 UNHCR's Special Envoy for the former Yugoslavia, Nicholas Morris, presented the UN Security Council with an...
Last of Opposition Fighters embark on return to Tajikistan
Forced Migration Alert FM Alert, Vol. II, No. 27 July 10, 1998 The last remaining United Tajik Opposition (UTO) guerrillas have begun returning to Tajikistan. About 150 fighters, out of a group of...
Armenian NGOs Compete for UNHCR/IOM Funds
amindel@sorosny.org Fri, 05 Dec 97 15:30:17 EST Grants worth $57,000 from the UNHCR NGO Fund to follow up the 1996 CIS Conference will be distributed in late December to selected Armenian...
OSCE promotes Ossetian repatriation to Georgia
The OSCE is focusing on property rights dilemmas in Georgia, hoping to promote the return of ethnic Ossetians to the Transcaucasian republic. The OSCE aims to finalize a repatriation plan this month...
Repatriation creates housing concerns in Tajikistan
Tajiks repatriating to their homeland from refugee camps in northern Afghanistan are encountering a housing shortage, and a lack of essential social services, a Forced Migration Projects (FMP)...
North Korean famine creates migration emergency
Famine conditions in North Korea are jeopardizing the lives of hundreds of thousands of the country's population, leading to a migration emergency. Regional governments have been hesitant to address...
NGO working environment in Chechnya deteriorates
A Forced Migration Projects consultant in the north-east Caucasus region reports that authorities in Chechnya are cracking down against local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with links to...
Afghan battles prompt diplacement, facilitate return
Recent military developments in Afghanistan have prompted new waves of displacements. Thousands of Afghans have fled from Kabul into neighboring Pakistan, while Afghan refugees from Turkmenistan and...
New travel and identity documents in Russia and Azerbaijan
Human rights observers have expressed concern that the introduction of new Russian internal "passports" could be manipulated by officials to limit freedom of movement within Russia, especially that...
Aid Organizations mull Caucausus withdawal
Forced Migration Alert jburke@sorosny.org Fri, 11 Jul 97 14:39:28 EST The recent kidnappings of three foreign aid workers, along with the bombing deaths of nine Russian police officers, highlight the...
Armenian NGOs move to improve programme of action
Armenian non-governmental organizations have acted to implement the Programme of Action on migration-related issues, adopting an operational framework for an NGO training center in the Armenian...