Each of these pictures is a fleeting glimpse of a very personal, unfathomable nightmare come to life. Amnesty International has received consistent and credible reports that members of Yugoslav security forces and paramilitary units have arrived at houses and apartment blocks of Kosovar Albanians and forced the inhabitants to leave.
Some refugees describe seeing houses and apartments in flames as they left the city.
Some refugees expelled have been ordered on trucks or busses, some transported to the border in sealed trains, and others have made their way on foot. The men were either detained or rounded up and taken away while women and children were ordered to continue their journey. The vast majority of those who have succeeded in fleeing the country are women, children, and elderly men. In short, Yugoslav security forces and paramilitary units are conducting a calculated campaign of mass expulsion and the refugee crisis is a direct result of these policies. NATO nations must be galvanized by their responsibility to help ensure that no further harm comes to these people, who have suffered more than most of us can imagine.