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Serbia: Resettlement of Roma families still in limbo, three years after Belvil eviction

, Index number: EUR 70/1535/2015

On 26 April 2012, around 250 Roma households (over 1,000 people) were forcibly evicted from an informal settlement at Belvil in Belgrade. More than 120 families were bussed to metal container settlements mainly on the outskirts of Belgrade. They were promised homes as a remedy for the violation they had suffered, yet three years on, the majority of them are still waiting for adequate housing.

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