At the time of my visit, it had grown by 3000 persons, as it had been receiving an influx of Romani refugees from Kosovo since March last year. At that time, about five new families were arriving at the camp every day. These are set up on two sides of the dusty road from Podgorica toward the village of Tuzi, near the city garbage dump. Living conditions in the camp are inhumane there is no electricity, no water and no sewage system. The tents are set very close to each other, making it difficult to move between them.
Movement is especially difficult at night, as there are no street lamps.
The only medical aid offered in the camp consisted of occasional visits by doctors from the Podgorica clinic. As several international organisations are active in the camp, humanitarian aid is brought into the camp regularly and is distributed by the activists of the Association of Roma in Montenegro, who also take care of the registration of refugees and all practical aspects of camp maintenance. At the front-end of the camp there is a bar owned by Isen Ga i, president of the Association. The bar serves simultaneously, at present, as the office of the association, a warehouse for the aid, and a distribution center. The quantities and the quality of aid received were considered satisfactory for the moment.