Barry Cassidy reported from Kosovo last night that one of the families forced out of Australia, a couple with 5 children - the youngest two years old - slept last night outside on the bare ground near the ruins of their house. They have no food and no money and are now dependent on the village to stay alive. Another couple, also with five children, was given a single room last night with no running water. They were given bread for dinner and nothing for breakfast. They also have no food and no money. The aid agencies are stretched to oblivion and Pristina has double the inhabitants that it did before. Would a few months more really have mattered that much? Ruddock talks about them wanting their houses rebuilt and jobs restored but all they want right now is for their children not to starve. The fields are mined and are useless for growing anything until they have been cleared. Ruddock and Howard have done us proud again....and these two heartless wonders are in charge of reconciliation? Trudy ABC News Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:08 AEST Govt accused of abandoning Kosovo Albanian refugees The Federal Government has been accused of dumping and forgetting more than 100 Kosovo Albanians who have returned to their homeland from Australia. Erik Lloga from the Australian Albanian Association accompanied the group on the flight to Kosovo, and says they have arrived in Pristina without funds or other help. Mr Lloga says assurances given to the refugees by the Immigration Minister, Philip Ruddock, have gone begging. But Mr Ruddock says Australia no longer has responsibility for the refugees. "People are returning in a situatioin that is difficult and one in which we are not on the ground," he said. "You can't expect that people are going to have their houses rebuilt and their jobs lined up again for them." � 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation -- _________________________________ Truth is a pathless land. --- Krishnamurti ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
