09.06.99

SECURITY SITUATION

About yesterday’s incident in the border region in village Jazince Yugoslav side says that Yugoslav army did not have actions there, but this is a provoking for aggravation of the good relations between two countries.

Yesterday another border incident happened in the border land of Macedonia and Albania, when a large group of armed people tried to cross the border in illegal way, so they launched four hand bombs against the Macedonian patrol, but there was no victims. Albanian side was informed about this incident, and was asked to put control on the border.

The Ministry of Defense informed that yesterday in the place called Ravno in the macedonian-yugoslav border was found remote controlled aircraft driven by an Israeli resident, who said that was with the group of Israeli journalists. A Macedonian police cup that works in the police station Mirkovci was with them. The aircraft is in the police station and it’s about the most modern remote controlled aircraft.

 

NUMBER OF REFUGEES

According to the Ministry of Interior (MVR), in the last 24 hours, 270 refugees entered Macedonia, 105 from the borderland Tabanovce and Blace. 165 refugees had entered Macedonia in illegally. The total number of refugees in Macedonia now is 274.615, while 150.000 of them have the status of humanitarian cared people about 150.000 refugees are settled in families in Skopje, Tetovo, Gostivar, Struga, Debar, Kumanovo, Kicevo. The number of refugees in camps is following: in camp Cegrane - 40.468, in Stenkovec 1 and 2 - 38.499 refugees, in Neprosteno - 7.400, in Senokos - 6.881, in Bojane - 2.820 and in Radusa - 2.000 refugees.

Yesterday, about 1.000 refugees were transferred to third countries using airlift. Up to now, 83.566 refugees left Macedonia using airlift.

 

CAMPS

As a result of fighting in camp Stenkovec 1, when a group of Albanian refugees took three Egyptian refugees, most of the Egyptians settled in camp Stenkovec 1 where transferred in families, while in camp Stenkovec 2 are settled 150 egyptianas and they say that are filling safe.

 

SUPPORT

The Ministry of Health declares that kosovar refugees can visit hospitals in Macedonia just with "green" cartoon gave by the Ministry of Defense. This decision is taken, because there was a lot of confusions in hospitals. Macedonian and yugoslavian resident, who don’t have the status of refugee, can visit hospitals with "white" cartoon.

The school for kosovar children will continue until 30 June, and they will work with plans and programs of Ministry of Education’s of Republic of Macedonia.

In yesterday’s press conference of UNHCR the spokesman Pola Gedhini said that the plans for returning of refugees exists, and they will began to apply as soon as the peace came in Kosovo. But she knows that there are problems, because of damages in infrastructure.

The kosovar refugees will not have the Macedonian nationality said yesterday the Minister of Defense Pavle Trajanov. Also he said that the 600 new borne babies in Macedonia would not have Macedonian nationality.