In Kukes, you are either sick or about to be sick. The wreckage of the car that struck a landmine lays on its side at the Morini border crossing in Albania. There is cold comfort for any Kosovo refugee reaching the Albanian border. On the Serb side, border guards have left in full view the remains of a car which struck a landmine several days ago, killing five refugees. On the Albanian side, new arrivals run a gantlet of aggressive news photographers, slouching border guards and piles of litter and rotting garbage.
Refugees are safe here, but that's about all.
Welcome to Kukes Northern Albania is a rough place. At least three news crews have been robbed by gunmen near the town of Tropoja in recent days, and cameras are stolen from unwary photographers on Kukes streets nightly. I didn't have any trouble, but it wasn't something I wanted to hear. Tent 389 The little girl is about two years old. She has been named 'Adhetare,' which means 'Fatherland' in Albanian.