The Homecoming

May 28th, 2008 by Steve Bowbrick

Peace in the Balkans has brought many benefits: cheap Adriatic package holidays, several completely new countries to visit (and with them a splendid bloom of Eurovision weirdness) but for some the benefits are more substantial. Like the freedom to return home after a decade in exile. Veteran Balkan reporter Nick Thorpe travels to newly-independent Kosovo with returning refugee Fehmi Islami who’s spent the last ten years in Britain. This is emotional stuff and tells an important story about human endurance and love for home and people (MP3).

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