PRO ASYL Presseerklärung | Press Release
March 24, 1999
War in Kosovo – EU-Summit in Berlin:
PRO ASYL demands immediate reception plan for refugees
„The humanitarian catastrophe here it is“
- Krieg im Kosovo – EU-Ratstreffen in Berlin:
PRO ASYL fordert sofortiges Aufnahmekonzept für Flüchtlinge“
Die humanitäre Katastrophe ist da“ - War in Kosovo – EU-Summit in Berlin:
PRO ASYL demands immediate reception plan for refugees
„The humanitarian catastrophe here it is“
RESOURCES
ECRE-letter to German EU-Presidency
INFO
(partially translated)
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In view of the intensifying situation in Kosovo and especially of the refugees the Nation-wide Human Rights Organisation for Refugees PRO ASYL calls upon the heads of the governments of the European Union meeting in Berlin, to agree on an humanitarian allover plan and immediate measures regarding the reception of refugees from Kosovo in the EU-member states-
„More than 400.000 people in Kosovo are fleeing from the Serbian police and army forces. The borders are sealed off, even the last emergency exit of the war region into Macedonia is blocked since yesterday. Almost all emergency agencies have left the country, humanitarian assistance and support of the refugees has been stopped totally in view of the attacks of the NATO troops being still to come“, underlined Heiko Kauffmann, spokesperson of PRO ASYL…
Heiko Kauffmann: „The humanitarian catastrophe here it is. The plan of ‚regionalising‘ the reception of refugees in the neighbouring countries of Kosovo propagated by the EU has failed definitely. The wish to help refugees – as repeatedly emphasised by the Federal Defence Minister Rudolf Scharping and the Federal Minister of the Exterior Joschka Fischer – can mean now only: Opening of the EU borders in favour of refugees from Kosovo!“.
