Another 1,500 refugees for UK

Article Abstract:

The UK is strongly committed to playing a full part in accepting ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo, Yugoslavia, according to Home Secretary Jack Straw. Some 1,000 refugees have entered the UK in May 1999, and a further 1,500 are due to arrive shortly. The second batch of refugees will be housed in a geographical cluster in the north-west. Local authorities across the country are preparing to receive up to 20,000 refugees over the next few months.

International politics, Refugees, Housing

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Riddle as hundreds of 'disappeared' turn up

Article Abstract:

It is not certain why the Serbs have permitted a considerable number of ethnic Albanian men to leave Kosovo, Yugoslavia. The men had been held in Smrekovnice prison near Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, for around a month after having been captured while trying to flee Kosovo. They report that they were badly treated by the Serbs, with many having been beaten. Some now plan to join the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Military aspects, Kosovo, Albania

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