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Koha Jonë

E Premte 19 Gusht 1994

400 thousand Albanian refugees threatened by Greek police and army

Trial of 5 minorities - arrest for the violent return of Albanian emigrants Will the Albanian government be able to protect its emigrant citizens Kalavryta The return of refugees from Greece begins Within one day, 12 buses bring 600 refugees back to Albania Police: "If this is only the first measure, we will from Greece all refugees to Kakavia" Return of refugees at Kakavia
Greqi Shqipëri Kakavijë Kalavrijë

The return of refugees from Greece begins

Police: "If this is only the first measure, we will from Greece all refugees to Kakavia" Kalavryta The return of refugees from Greece begins Within one day, 12 buses bring 600 refugees back to Albania Police: -If this is only the first measure, we will from Greece all refugees to Kakavia Former French minister: "I will inform the European Parliament regarding the brutal actions of the Albanian government against Greek journalists"
Kalavrijë Greqi Shqipëri Kakavijë

Late-breaking news

Mass reprisals and mistreatment of Albanian refugees In the evening, around 10 p.m., we were informed by telephone from Greece that such actions were being carried out in Qafë Botë and Kapshticë and that the Greek government had ordered the rounding up of Albanian refugees. Despite our efforts, we still could not get in touch with the Greek border.
Greqi Qafë Botë Kapshticë

How and when I ended up from Shkodra in Tirana prison

Told by Dedi Kasneci, a house arrest Only on 16.8.1994 throughout the whole day about 1.2 buses with Albanian refugees were returned to Greece. 600 people set off; those who would leave every day toward this quota. As the Greek captives on the ridge stated, they had entered the neighboring country clandestinely. They seemed calm, because in the morning the tensions between the two governments led them to sense that the consequences would fall precisely on them. It has always been like this - one refugee from the Tirana province tells us - whenever the big men in Tirana quarrel with the little ones. We are also informed that the Greek border post has been tripled and that Albanians who try to cross clandestinely are sent straight to prison. Life has become very difficult for clandestines. The Greek Foreign Minister, Karolos Minis?.. has announced the ban on any kind of Albanian crossings in the convoy that held the Greek captives on the ridge. As the Greeks stated, they had entered the neighboring country clandestinely. They seemed calm, because in the recent events and the tensions between the two governments they sensed that the consequences would fall precisely on them. It has always been like this - a refugee from the Tirana province tells us - whenever the big men in Tirana quarrel with the little ones. We are also informed that the Greek border post has been tripled and that Albanians who try to cross clandestinely are sent straight to prison. The Greek Foreign Minister Karolos Minis?.. has announced the ban on crossings for Albanians. Mountain pulses as an end and sko do e çnisë the road of hell and not even Albanian emigrants nor, it goes without saying, the Albanian government against Greek journalists at the border. He also stated that he would inform in detail, in fact, the Parliament of Europe, and the water parliament and the European Parliament about this issue. ARSEN CANI
Karolos Minis[?] Arsen Cani Shkodër Tiranë Greqi