18.06.99

SECURITY SITUATION

Yesterday the Prime Minister of Albania Pandeli Majko visited Macedonia. In Skopje he had a meeting with Lubço Georgievski, the Pirme Minister of Macedonia. They have agreed with the Pact of stability in the Balkans, promoted by USA and EU. They also stressed that they will help Milo Gukanovic the President of Montenegro, in his efforts to solve problems that are coming from the regime in Belgrade.

THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES

According to the information from the Ministry of Interior (MVR), the day before yesterday, in the borderland of Tabanovce, Jazince and Bllace, 4.168 refugees from Kosova left Macedonia. MVR also informed that 912 refugees came back in Macedonia to take their families after staying several days in Kosova. In mean time the refugees are still going in third countries. Using airlift yesterday and the day before yesterday 988 kosovar refugees are transferred to third countries.

 

CAMPS

During the day before yesterday, in camp Stenkovec 1, UNHCR gave identification cards with photos to 20.000 refugees, while the same thing had to be done in camp Stenkovec 2 yesterday. This was said in the yesterday press conference of UNHCR.

 

SUPPORT

In yesterday’s press conference of UNHCR, the spokesman Mika Shinohara, stressed that this organization have money just for one week so they do not know if they will have money for further activities. For total return of refugees this organization need 380 billion dollars, so they still need to find 280 billion dollars, and they are looking for donators.

According to the daily newspaper Dnevnik, The Albanian government had required form Macedonia to open a corridor for 40.000 refugees from Kosovo, so they can go to their homes, because Albania has no logistic and infrastructure as Macedonia does.

Yesterday in camp Stenkovec, "The women in growth" organization, distributed sanitation materials to refugees that are settled in this camp. This means are taken from British organization "Tack fork Albania". This aid was distributed to 7.150 persons or 1.000 families.

H.O. "Moon" in Debar, distributed 1.540 pockets with food for kosovar refugees, each in amount of 50 German marks, 260 pockets with sanitation materials, each in amount of 40 German marks and 200 pockets for children each in amount of 20 German marks.

In Ohrid form 1.140 deportees now have remained 974. Until now these humanitarian organizations took care of them "New moon" and "Mother Teresa". Also the catholic humanitarian organization "Penta Kostna" help them.

The realization of the phase two of the project organized by the Youth Council of Macedonia to help refugees will began from 15 July. In this phase seven days summer camps will be organized, in which 15.000 children will participate. The summer camps will be hold in Mavrovo, Pretor and Ohrid and 450 children will participate in each shift.