Annex – Specific references to displaced minorities in country visits reports Mission to Serbia and Kosovo (October 2013 and September 2016)  Specific situation of internally displaced Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians (RAE)  Lack of documentation to enable them to access basic public services  Precarious housing situation Mission to Sri Lanka (December 2013)  Displacement of Tamil and Muslim during the conflict – sometimes multiple displacement  Expulsion of Muslims in Northern Sri Lanka by the LTTE in 1990  At the time of the visit, series of attacks by Buddhist extremists, who had targeted Muslim and Christian religious sites in different parts of the country. Mosques and churches frequented by IDPs had been destroyed in the north of the country. May lead to new waves of displacement and therefore required prevention.  Some IDPs reported that their land of origin had been defined as a sacred area for a Buddhist temple, preventing them from returning. Mission to Ukraine (September 2014 and September 2016)  IDPs from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea included ethnic Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars, ethnic Russians and members of other minority ethnic and religious groups as well as mixed families, asylum seekers and foreign nationals formerly resident in Crimea.  Specific situation of internally displaced Roma: faced discrimination and marginalization, lacked documents and were living in a precarious situation. Lack of documents hampered the ability of Roma to register as displaced persons and consequently may face serious barriers to access to assistance including shelter, food and clothing.