Phase III has a capacity for up to 5,000 refugees. Water provided to the Neprosteno camp via a borehole was found to have an excessively high nitrate concentration. Relief workers at the camp are warning refugees not to drink the water from the borehole, and an alternate water supply has been brought into the camp for drinking water. Currently, sewage sludge from Cegrane's latrines is dumped into a nearby river. Since May 5, refugees have been arriving daily in Stankovac I camp with green refugee status cards, claiming to be new arrivals or there to visit family members.
Refugees then go to the camp administration and are registered as camp residents.
It is speculated that the possibility of HEP evacuation may be the motivation behind this influx. DOD reports that one 70 year old refugee women died enroute to the United States on May 19. The preliminary cause of death was a heart attack. 226 refugees are scheduled to depart Ft. Dix on May 20 to live with sponsor families throughout the United States.