All Rights Reserved. A medical disaster is growing amid the Kosovo refugee crisis. It's a disaster caused not merely by the flood of expelled refugees but also by how relief organizations and governments are responding to the situation.
Refugees languish in inhuman conditions in the no-man's land between Kosovo and Macedonia.
They scavenge for twigs to build fires in order to keep from freezing. Food and water are scarce. The sight of aid workers wearing gauze masks across their faces Monday threw the camp into a panic. Rumors immediately spread that disease, presumably cholera, was spreading among the refugees. Medical resources are minimal.