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Source: UN Department of Public Information (DPI)
Date: 26 Mar 2001
More than 30,000 displaced in FYR of Macedonia, UN refugee agency says
The number of people displaced by the recent fighting in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) has risen above 30,200, the UN refugee agency reported today.
Most of them -- an estimated 16,100 -- went to other parts of the FYR of Macedonia, with the rest fleeing to neighbouring countries, including some 3,800 reported in Turkey, some 2,600 in Albania and more than 4,500 in Kosovo, said the Pristina Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Those fleeing the fighting belonged to all ethnic backgrounds, and most had not lodged asylum claims or sought assistance, stating that they were leaving as a precautionary measure.
Meanwhile, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), announced today that the Mission's chief, Hans Haekkerup, would travel to Skopje this week for discussions with the government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
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