A Polish peacekeeper lays razor wire around his contingent's camp in the divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica KFOR soldiers and the short-staffed police of the U.N. Mission in Kosovo are pressed to keep the groups apart. Murders of Serbs are commonplace here. The mirror image is reflected in Serbia where an estimated 200,000 Albanians live in the Presevo Valley. They do not have KFOR protection, and it is this group that is expected to eventually move to Kosovo. The more than 300 international aid organizations in Kosovo are gearing up for this spring's expected influx.
Many people can house relatives in their homes.
But that is a mere drop in the bucket. The town's small sports center is being prepared as a temporary shelter for thousands. For the rest, KFOR will have to erect tent cities. IMC is trying to restore health care for both Albanians and Serbs. In the meantime, IMC must deal with the myriad problems expected among the newest refugees, especially the dehydration many of them will experience on the walk over the mountains from Serbia.