Going abroad is the only hope for the Roma, said Hasani, the camp's deputy administrator. If there's a possibility to appeal to the world, we're willing to live in the Himalayas or anywhere to have the freedoms and rights everybody deserves as a human being. Already, tens of thousands of Serbs have fled Kosovo for other areas of Serbia, Yugoslavia's main republic. But the Roma aren't being accepted by Serbia, which has even turned some Kosovo Serbs away. Another 2,000 are expected to settle at the camp in the next few weeks.
Horses roam in the yard and scores of tents dot the grounds.
A baby sleeps in a tiny cradle hand-painted with red and white flowers while a listless grandmother stares into space next to the administrators office. Women roll flour for bread on desks and bring it outside to ovens to cook.