SKOPJE, April 23 (Hina) - An estimated 1,200 refugees arrived in Blace on Thursday, and were accepted at the camp near the Macedonian border crossing where another 1,000 deportees had already been settled. A spokeswoman for the UNHCR
in Macedonia, Pola Gedini, said 3,000 Kosovans arrived near the mountainous village of Malino, and the UNHCR is expecting a new wave of refugees at that spot as well as at the Lojani border crossing in the coming days. Macedonia's Government has welcomed a statement of the US Vice President Al Gore that the United States will accommodate 20,000 Kosovans. Skopje believes that this move of America may prompt other countries to begin mass evacuation of refugees from Macedonia. On Thursday, one plane with refugees aboard left Skopje for Turkey and Austria each, whereas four aircraft with about 1,000 Kosovans departed for France.(hina) ms n
SKOPJE, April 23 (Hina) - An estimated 1,200 refugees arrived in
Blace on Thursday, and were accepted at the camp near the Macedonian
border crossing where another 1,000 deportees had already been
settled.
A spokeswoman for the UNHCR in Macedonia, Pola Gedini, said 3,000
Kosovans arrived near the mountainous village of Malino, and the
UNHCR is expecting a new wave of refugees at that spot as well as at
the Lojani border crossing in the coming days.
Macedonia's Government has welcomed a statement of the US Vice
President Al Gore that the United States will accommodate 20,000
Kosovans. Skopje believes that this move of America may prompt
other countries to begin mass evacuation of refugees from
Macedonia.
On Thursday, one plane with refugees aboard left Skopje for Turkey
and Austria each, whereas four aircraft with about 1,000 Kosovans
departed for France.
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