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Refugees from Kosovo carry bread to their families in a UN-run camp, 1999.

lived with forty people to a tent. The Croats were not prepared to receive so many people, and after ten days they told us we had to move on to another camp in east- ern Slovenia. “We were the first refugees to arrive in this camp. There were a few huts, and we were lucky enough to be put in one. Even though we shared it with twelve or fourteen strangers, we felt much safer because there was no shooting in the area. “As summer turned into fall, more refugees arrived. The huts were full, so new arrivals were housed in tents

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