In Albania the refugees' dismal plight was further prolonged by the authorities' cumbersome registration procedures. Even as refugees flowed over the borders at the rate of 20,000 a day, officials warned of many more ethnic Albanians still displaced from their homes in Kosovo, trapped in the killing fields and unable to make their way out. Last week Serb units reportedly shelled internal refugees forced into hiding in the Pagarusa Valley. Living conditions for the refugees in Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro are wretched. In Rozaje three large factories have been turned into human warehouses, and refugees have packed into the town's 10 mosques.
Soiled blankets are the only source of warmth.
There is no more room in the town. There is nothing to eat. It is a cataclysm. In Macedonia malnourished refugees jostled for the few loaves of bread, water bottles and protein biscuits tossed to them by relief workers. Sick arrivals lay untreated.