| Geert Lovink on Sat, 3 Apr 1999 09:10:07 +0100 |
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From: Scout Project <scout@CS.WISC.EDU> Reply-To: The Scout Report <SCOUT-REPORT@HYPATIA.CS.WISC.EDU> ======== The Scout Report == ======== April 2, 1999 ==== ======== Volume 5, Number 47 ====== ====== Internet Scout Project ======== ==== University of Wisconsin ======== == Department of Computer Sciences ======== == I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K ======== ====== In The News ==== 20. Refugee Crisis in the Balkans Copyright and subscription information appear at the end of the Scout Report. For more information on all services of the Internet Scout Project, please visit our Website: http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/ 20. Refugee Crisis in the Balkans Kosovo Crisis Update -- UNHCR http://www.unhcr.ch/news/media/kosovo.htm Violence and Displacement in Kosovo -- USCR http://www.refugees.org/news/crisis/kosovo.htm Kosovo Situation Reports -- US State Department http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/kosovo_more.html Human Rights Watch Kosovo Campaign http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/kosovo98/ _Morning Edition_ -- NPR [RealPlayer] http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/19990402.me.01.ram Strike on Yugoslavia -- CNN http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/10/kosovo/ This week's In the News returns to Kosovo, where humanitarian workers and government officials warn that the refugee crisis is rapidly spinning out of control. What appears to be an organized and systematic expulsion of the ethnic Albanian population from Kosovo has created the worst humanitarian disaster in Europe since World War II. According to UN refugee officials, over 220,000 persons have fled or been expelled from Kosovo over the last ten days, to Albania, Macedonia, or Montenegro. With entry into Macedonia ground to an almost complete halt, Albania swollen with over 120,000 refugees, and thousands still behind them, the Kosovo-Macedonia border in particular has become a humanitarian nightmare; little food, shelter, or sanitation is available for people who have been forced from their homes with almost nothing. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has created a special site on the Kosovo crisis, with analysis, news updates, and an eyewitness account. The US Committee for Refugees (USCR) has also posted a special report, featuring current news stories, background, testimony, resources for Kosovar refugees, and information on how readers can help. The State Department's special Website on Kosovo features situation reports and reports from the field. Yesterday's report on the Kosovo Humanitarian Situation offers an overview of key facts and developments, background, and a look at the current situation. The site for the Human Rights Watch Kosovo campaign offers a number of updates on the human rights and refugee situation in and around Kosovo. Today's _Morning Edition_ on National Public Radio featured several pieces on Kosovo, including a moving report from the Macedonian border by Anne Garrels. The entire program is available in RealPlayer format at the site. Finally, CNN's special report on Yugoslavia includes a feature on email from Kosovo and an interactive Refugee Exodus map. Users interested in additional resources for understanding the current crisis in Balkans should consult last week's In the News and the resources in Scout Report Signpost, the Scout Report's database. These include UN Wire, the Red Cross's International Humanitarian Law Database, and the International Crisis Group (ICG) South Balkans Reports Index, [MD] Signpost http://www.signpost.org UN Wire http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/pages/00009272.html International Humanitarian Law Database http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/pages/00006197.html International Crisis Group (ICG) South Balkans Reports Index http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/pages/00009315.html