Washing was left out to dry, and cups of tea were on the table. There is going to have to be some very substantial work done on providing shelter for the winter, and the planning for that needs to start absolutely right now or otherwise it will be too late. The report provides a chilling glimpse of the impact on civilians in the country. The bombing of petrochemical sites had left Serb parents fearful about the release of chemicals that could harm their children. But conditions inside Kosovo were much worse, the report says.
Children are desperately afraid.
Serb escorts prevented the inspectors from going to specific areas where they hoped to find internally displaced Kosovar refugees. Still, Uppard said the team encountered one group of about 15,000 Kosovars seeking shelter in the still-intact ethnic Albanian village of Sajkovac, north of Podujevo. Save the Children officials said relief agencies must be allowed into Kosovo immediately, even if the fighting and bombing continue. Aaronson was strongly critical of NATO members and news media, saying they focused on the airstrikes and refugees who have left Kosovo - yet paid little attention to the humanitarian needs of civilians still in the province. Life in the camps is not perfect, but the real human crisis is going on inside Kosovo.