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To: Yaacov who wrote (8399)	5/14/1999 4:40:00 PM
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rhetoric yacoov, Germans are responsible for Warsaw Ghetto, Russians encouraged uprising and betrayed them

To: Yaacov who wrote (8399)	5/15/1999 10:19:00 AM
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UN on alert as families jump queue for asylum By Patrick Bishop Leading Kosovo liberal killed RELIEF workers have been warned to be on the lookout for Kosovar refugees attempting to jump the queue for flights to the relative comfort and security of host countries. Ethnic Albanians who should rightly be well down the priority list for consideration for asylum have been trying a number of ploys to escape from the grim life of exile in Macedonia. A 23-year-old man from Pristina told The Telegraph how he had tricked his way into Brazda camp to apply for a flight to another country. He and his family were planning to pose as a family of a different name who had been listed as candidates for evacuation to Denmark but who had already left for Australia. Sharp-elbowed refugees have been trying to barge into the queue for evacuation ahead of the old, the sick, and those with connections in host countries who the United Nations refugee agency rules say should be given priority. Maj Eriksson, senior external affairs officer of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said: "We are trying to make the system as tight as possible and to avoid possible abuse. We are doing what we can to ensure that the vulnerability criteria are the ones that are applied." The UNHCR urges host countries to give priority to refugees who are most at risk. That includes the sick, pregnant women, those with small children and the unaccompanied elderly. Another key consideration is the reuniting of families separated in the exodus. The UNHCR recommends that countries give preference to families who have relatives or friends on their territory. The procedure at camps like Brazda is that incoming refugees are registered by the UNHCR, which asks them in which country they would like to spend their temporary exile. It then draws up lists in order of merit for consideration by the host countries. Some countries, such as Britain, accept the list without further investigation. Others, such as Denmark and America, conduct their own interviews of refugees. It was to Denmark that Luan, 23, and his family were hoping to go, using it as a stepping stone to joining relatives in Britain. Luan escaped from Pristina more than a fortnight ago and took refuge with a Macedonian Albanian family in the northern town of Tetovo. To apply for a flight he had to trick his way into the Brazda camp, near Skopje. He and his mother, father and grandmother arrived at the camp gates claiming to be refugees without identification documents. They were told Brazda was full and to wait for transport to another camp but, during a commotion, managed to slip in. He learned from a family of seven that they were leaving for Australia but had at the same time been selected for an interview for entry to Denmark. He decided to pass himself and his relatives off as the other family, recruiting three more people inside the camp to make up the numbers, and yesterday was interviewed by a Danish selection board. He will know soon whether the subterfuge paid off. He said: "I don't like doing it but I'm under pressure from my parents and my two brothers who are very anxious for us to join them in London. I've been told that it's easy to get from Denmark to Britain." telegraph.co.uk