Macedonia first allowed the U.N. High Commission for Refugees and other aid groups into Radusa on Saturday. The 1,500 refugees at Radusa live at the most remote of the nine refugee centers that have sprung up in Macedonia, reachable by a long drive up a mountain road. The camp is at the bottom of a hill, and days of rain have the refugees walking and sleeping in mud. The camp has only six trenches for toilets. The aid group Doctors without Borders said conditions are ripe for diarrhea and other diseases.
Refugees say they get little treatment for medical problems.
Other camps have NATO troops inside to help run them, and refugees say their presence is reassuring. NATO and the U.N. High Commission for Refugees set up the other camps, but Macedonia put up the tents at Radusa. Macedonia has been only a reluctant host to the Kosovo Albanians, who threaten to upset the political and ethnic balance of the Balkan country. Evaluating conditions The High Commission for Refugees is looking at whether the camp could be moved or its conditions improved, spokeswoman Paula Ghedini said. As for complaints of brutality, the commission may suggest ''sensitivity training'' for Macedonian security forces guarding the refugees, she said.