MORE REFUGEES
After a weeklong lull, more refugees arrived in Macedonia Saturday; U.N. officials said they expect as many as 5,000 by the end of the day.
About 3,700 refugees entered Albania from Kosovo on Friday, with many saying Serb security forces had banged on their doors and ordered them to leave.
NBC's Kevin Tibbles in Belgrade and The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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Raven
K_refugees@hotmail.com
I will venture to say that, with the majority of the refugees OUTSIDE the camps and now in Skopje itself, where our two volunteers (Dana and Dusty) are, that what was reported 24 hours ago as a week's worth of food left will not last long. Apparently, the refugees are receiving only 20 to 25 percent of what is donated through NGOs.
And the TV coverage that shows content, in-order camps with basketball courts neglect to say that it is too hot to play basketball, sweltering in the tents, and that more than half the refugees of the camps around Skopje have managed to get out of the camps and are living in the city, sometimes 40 to a small house.
To the best of my knowledge, the Mother Theresa Organization, through which every dollar we raise is given in full for food for the refugees, has not received a cent from the posters on this board. Please forgive me if I am wrong. I also believe that they are the ONLY organization helping the refugees of Skopje. Lots of Westerners sitting around and watching, but the help seems to come only from Mother Theresa and ERA Television.
Raven
geocities.com
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