PRO ASYL Presseerklärung | Press Release
March 25, 1999
Kosovo: Expulsion activities In the shade of the NATO bombardment
PRO ASYL demands a common reception action of the EU
- Kosovo: Vertreibungsaktionen im Schatten des NATO-Bombardements
PRO ASYL fordert gemeinsame Aufnahmeaktion der EU - Kosovo: Expulsion activities In the shade of the NATO bombardment
PRO ASYL demands a common reception action of the EU
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In the shade of the NATO air-raids continues the expulsion of people in many regions of Kosovo by Serbian troops and irregulars. According to agency news the city of Podujevo in the north of Kosovo is in flames.
Reflecting this background the Nation-wide Human Rights Organisation for Refugees PRO ASYL calls upon the Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, to start an immediate EU initiative on the reception of refugees from Kosovo. Beyond this the emergency activities of the few relief agencies still remaining in the region should be supported.
At the latest since officers and politicians explained yesterday, that one is prepared for fightings of some weeks, it should be clear, that refugee camps close to the border in the neighbouring countries were not sufficient. The borders between Kosovo and Albania are mined and the danger arises of spreading the war activities to Macedonia
„Who wants to preserve the last flight possibility to Macedonia, must immediately organise the reception of contingents into the European Union“, said Heiko Kauffmann, spokesperson of PRO ASYL.
PRO ASYL intensely criticises the previous treatment of refugees from Kosovo in Germany. Still up to few months ago refugees have been delivered free of charges the Milosevic regime by agreement and inter-authority deportation assistance has been arranged with Serbian security forces at the airport.
