Several thousand refugees are crammed into the sports complex or Pool 1 and Pool 2 camps. None of them want to be there. All of them want to go home or anywhere else to wait out the war and necessary reconstruction in safety and dignity. There is nothing to do there except revisit recent horrors and nurture old hatreds. The tent cities are not equipped for 40C summers or freezing winters.
Hygienic arrangements are strained.
Showers are on a 10 day rotation system. Preparing meals is not possible. There is no relief from sun or rain and mud. Evacuation to Canada looked very good to the Kosovo refugees we spoke with. The Don Bosco camp in another section of Tirana is only slightly less depressing.