Rights Displaced. Forced Returns of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians from Western Europe to Kosovo
- Document number
- 2546
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Rights Displaced. Forced Returns of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians from Western Europe to Kosovo
- Author/publisher
- Human Rights Watch
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Violence, Human rights violation, Crime against humanity, War crime, Armed conflict, Post-conflict situation, Terrorism,
- Summary
- Human Rights Watch believes the current approach of the Kosovo government and Western European governments regarding forced returns of RAE is short-sighted, and puts the rights of RAE and the stability of Kosovo at risk. While the number of forced returns has so far been relatively small, the readmission agreements between Kosovo's government and Western European countries currently being negotiated or already concluded, and the absence of screening by the Kosovo government prior to forced returns, create a real risk of human rights abuse and escalating crisis for deportees, their families and the broader RAE community, already Kosovo's most marginalized and vulnerable population.
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