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Forced to leave their homes because of threats or attacks, by March 1999 the Muslim
population of Kosovo started to flee, leaving their villages desolate. In heavy rain and facing
severe cold, women, small children and the elderly left everything behind and walked,
destination unknown. Approximately three months later, when they returned, nothing was the
same. Houses burnt and in ruins, relatives lost, children sick and properties plundered… War
and migration threw every Muslim Kosovar's life, rich or poor, into complete disarray.

In Kosovo, humanitarian
organizations in the region also
reported that Serbs perpetrated a
genocide against the Muslims.
Refugees and the public were
subjected to all forms of violence
and torture. Serbs raped women,
killed the pregnant and destroyed
buildings and property. More than
100,000 people were killed. The state
of the forced migrants was dreadful.
Around forty people – 20 of them
babies and the rest, the elderly –
died on the Macedonia-Yugoslavia
border during the extended forced
halt there of around 250-300
thousand migrants.