1. Every day more and more desperate refugees were crossing the border into Kenya. 2. Refugees cross the rugged San Ysidro mountains, and it is always a perilous trip. 3. The refugees have crossed miles of desert to escape civil war and famine. 4. And even though they would like the refugees to remain in Rwanda, relief workers said that if refugees do cross, the agencies are not panicked. 5. Also, deeply instilled hatreds do not evaporate when refugees cross the ocean. 6. In part, because the poor conditions in Albania are well-known in Kosovo, officials assume -- and hope -- that few remaining refugees will cross the border. 7. Late last week Turkey agreed to allow the refugees to cross its territory, a politically delicate matter for Turkey, which clashes frequently with its own Kurdish rebels. 8. New refugees cross into Pakistan daily, confident that the industrialized west will see their suffering and come to their aid, Rives said. 9. On Friday, as the refugees crossed into Rwanda, they were searched for weapons by Rwandan soldiers at a checkpoint as they leave Goma. 10. Originally, the United Nations had expected only a few thousand refugees to cross each day. |