Kosovo Crisis Fact Sheet 34. These numbers are constantly changing and being verified. Another 88 were sent to Croatia under a bilateral agreement between the Government of Macedonia and the Government of Croatia. Many refugees are reluctant to move south, not wanting to leave their tractors behind and wanting to wait in the area for lost family members.
Refugees continue to arrive in Albania via Montenegro.
The border town of Shkodra in the northwest of the country near the Montenegran border now hosts more than 20,000 refugees. The Prime Minister announced on national television that all refugees will be moved from Kukes to points further south to protect them from continued fighting. Registration will be assisted by a special OSCE team, and will take place between May 10-15. The DART and DOD conducted a preliminary assessment of two potential sites for a USG built camp in Fier. The DART reports that one of the sites could hold as many as 13,000 refugees.