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{{Main|Chameria|Cham Albanians}}
The coastal region of [[Thesprotia]] in northwestern [[Greece]] referred to by Albanians as ''[[Chameria|Çamëria]]'' is sometimes included in Greater Albania.<ref name="Bogdani230"/> According to the 1928 census held by the Greek state, there were around 20,000 Muslim Cams in [[Thesprotia|Thesprotia prefecture]]. whileThey accordingwere forced to seek therefuge 1941in Albania Italianat censusthe ,undertakenend by Axis occupational forces duringof World War Two,II thereafter werea aroundlarge 54,000part Chamsof inthem [[ThesprotiaAxis-Cham Albanian collaboration|Thesprotia prefecturecollaborated]].<ref>Ktistakis, Giorgosand (Februarycommitted 2006).a Περιουσίεςnumber Αλβανώνof καιcrimes Τσάμηδωνtogether στηνwith Ελλάδα:the AρσηNazis τουduring εμπολέμουthe και1941–1944 διεθνήςperiod.<ref>Hermann προστασίαFrank τωνMeyer. δικαιωμάτων''Blutiges τουEdelweiß: ανθρώπου'Die [Properties1. ofGebirgs-division Albaniansim andzweiten ChamsWeltkrieg'' in Greece[http://books.google.com/books?id=_Hpr-PK39UkC&dq= Nullification''Bloodstained ofEdelweiss. theThe State1st ofMountain-Division Warin and international protection of human rightsWWII''] (PDF)Ch. MinoritiesLinks inVerlag, Balkans2008. (inISBN Greek). Athens978-3-86153-447-1, Greece: Center of Studying of Minority Groups. p. 53. Retrieved2009-03-24.702</ref> They were forced to seek refuge in Albania at the end of World War II In the first post-war census (1951), only 123 Muslim Çams were left in the area. Descendants of the exiled Muslim Chams (they claim that they are now up to 170,000 now living in Albania) claim that up to 35,000 Muslim Çams were living in southern Epirus before World War II. Many of them are currently trying to pursue legal ways to claim compensation for the properties seized by Greece. For Greece the issue "does not exist".<ref>http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/csrc/document-listings/balkan/07%2801%29MV.pdf Despite the Cham-induced controversy, during a visit to Albania in mid-October 2004, Greek President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos stated at a news conference that the Cham issue did not exist for Greece and that claims for the restoration of property presented by both the Cham people and the Greek minority in Albania belonged to a past historical period which he considered closed. "I don't know if it is necessary to find a solution to the Cham issue, as in my opinion it does not need to be solved," he said. "There have been claims from both sides, but we should not return to these matters. The question of the Cham properties does not exist," he said. When speaking of claims from both sides, Stephanopoulos was referring (also) to the Greek claims over Northern Epirus, which include a considerable part of southern Albania.</ref>
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