Booklet for municipal officials on reception and reintegration of repatriated persons
- Document number
- 2613
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- Booklet for municipal officials on reception and reintegration of repatriated persons
- Author/publisher
- OSCE
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- repatriation, Kosova
- Summary
- The OSCE mission in Kosova recently published a booklet regarding support for repatriated persons in Kosova. The booklet is targeted at municipal officials, who are the first point of contact with repatriated persons, and who therefore can benefit especially from the information put forward in the booklet.
The OSCE has made the booklet in order to ensure that repatriated ppersons get the assistance and support they need in order to start over. This includes information on civil registration, health, education, employment, social welfare, housing and property-related issues.“Repatriated persons very often lack basic information on essential public services at their disposal. Without immediate assistance from central and local level institutions, their reintegration in the society can be very difficult," said Susan Heintz, Director of the OSCE Department for Human Rights and Communities. "The institutions in Kosovo should make more efforts to help repatriated persons access to essential public services. They should allocate funds as necessary, taking into account the specific needs of individuals and families upon their return.”(SOURCE: OSCE)
The booklet is available in five languages (Albanian, Serbian, Turkish, Romani and English) at: www.osce.org/kosovo
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