Macedonian deadline expires for displaced persons to return home
Macedonia's minister in charge of internally
displaced persons, Vlado Popovski, said on 6 March that he expects most
of those targeted by the government's 7 March deadline to return home will
do so, local media reported. The midday deadline is for internally displaced
persons from the Tetovo region to leave their temporary accommodations
and return to their homes, "Utrinski vesnik" reported the same
day. Those whose destroyed homes have not yet been reconstructed, students
of Skopje University, and parents whose children are attending schools
in the area of their temporary accommodation are exempt from the order.
Some reportedly have refused to return, citing an unstable security situation,
and have announced protests against the government's decision, "Dnevnik"
reported. UB
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