Cham issue: Difference between revisions

The '''Cham issue''' refers to a controversy which has been raised by [[Albania]] since the 1990s over the [[Right of Return|repatriation]] of the [[Cham Albanians]], who were [[Expulsion of Cham Albanians|expelled]] from the Greek region of [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]] between 1944 and 1945, at the end of [[World War II]], citing the [[Axis-Cham Albanian collaboration|collaboration of some ofthe theirmajority numberof them]] with the [[Axis-Cham AlbanianOccupation collaborationof Greece|occupying forces]] of the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]].<ref>[[#Meyer|Meyer 2008]]: 705 "The Albanian minority of the Chams collaborated in large parts with the Italians and the Germans".</ref><ref name="RoudometofRobertson2001">{{cite book|author1=Victor Roudometof|author2=Roland Robertson|title=Nationalism, Globalization, and Orthodoxy: The Social Origins of Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I9p_m7oXQ00C&pg=PA190|year=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31949-5|pages=190–}} "During World War II, the majority of Chams sided with the Axis forces..."</ref> While Albania presses for the issue to be re-opened, Greece considers the matter closed. However, it was agreed to create a bilateral commission, only about the property issue, as a technical problem. The commission was set up in 1999, but has not yet functioned.<ref name = "Vickers, Miranda 2002"/>