Kosovo refugees in Albania

[6]: 95 [2] People were arriving directly at the border located at the north east of the country, or were transferred from Macedonia.

[2] To coordinate the operations, the Albanian government created the Emergency Management Group days after the NATO military air strike began.

[7] The situation was nevertheless delicate during the first days because UNHCR and NGOs did not predict that the NATO bombings would last for several months and lead to such a movement of population.

[6]: 95  At the height of the Kosovo War, refugees were crossing the border into Albania at the rate of 4,000 people per hour.

[7] In the peace treaty signed by NATO and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, it was asked that refugees could go back to their homes.