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World - Europe

New wave of refugees pours into Macedonia

Hundreds of ethnic Albanian refugees wait to cross into Macedonia at the Blace border checkpoint

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 MESSAGE BOARD:
Crisis in Kosovo
 

April 26, 1999
Web posted at: 3:11 p.m. EDT (1911 GMT)

BLACE, Macedonia (CNN) -- Thousands of Kosovo refugees poured across the border Monday into Macedonia, heading toward camps already at capacity.

"The problem is we have no place to put these people anymore. We have no way to deal with this," said Paula Ghedini, a spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. "We have the tents. That's not a problem, but we don't have the land to put them up."

Ghedini said that 3,000 refugees arrived Monday at Blace on one train and 15 buses. And Macedonian state radio said that up to 30,000 more are headed for the borders.

"The whole population of Urosevac and neighboring villages is moving toward Macedonia," the radio said in a report that could not be confirmed.

The influx has begun to take its toll on the refugees' hosts as well. Macedonian Economic Minister Zanko Cado resigned Monday, saying his country wasn't receiving the help it needed to deal with the swelling population.

Relief agencies have estimated that about 600,000 ethnic Albanians have fled or been expelled from Kosovo since NATO's bombing campaign began March 24. Hundreds of thousands more are reported to be displaced within the Serb province.

Many of the refugees brought with them stories of rape and murder associated with being forced from their homes.

"We watched the soldiers in the forest shoot five old people," said one man. "I saw this with my own eyes."

Others said Serb forces used them as shields against NATO attacks.

"Several people came from Prizren, and some of their stories suggested that human shield reports have substantial foundation," said UNCHR spokesman Kris Janowski in Geneva.

Correspondent Bill Hemmer contributed to this report.



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RELATED SITES:
Extensive list of Kosovo-related sites:
  • Kosovo

Yugoslavia:
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia official site
      • Kesovo and Metohija facts
  • Serbia Ministry of Information
  • Serbia Now! News

Kosovo:
  • Kosova Crisis Center
  • Kosovo - from Albanian.com

Military:
  • F-117s arrive at Aviano to support possible NATO operations
  • NATO official site
  • BosniaLINK - U.S. Dept. of Defense
  • U.S. Navy images from Operation Allied Force
  • U.K. Ministry of Defence - Kosovo news
  • U.K. Royal Air Force - Kosovo news
  • Jane's Defence - Kosovo Crisis


Relief:
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (Kosovo aid)
  • Doctors of the World
  • InterAction
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  • International Committee of the Red Cross
  • Kosovo Humanitarian Disaster Forces Hundreds of Thousands from their Homes
  • Catholic Relief Services
  • Kosovo Relief
  • ReliefWeb: Home page
  • The Jewish Agency for Israel
  • Mercy International


Media:
  • Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  • Independent Yugoslav radio stations B92
  • Institute for War and Peace Reporting
  • United States Information Agency - Kosovo Crisis

Other:
  • Expanded list of related sites on Kosovo
  • 1997 view of Kosovo from space - Eurimage
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