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Background
Albania and Kosova in the 1990s
Widespread civil unrest in Albania throughout the period Armories were emptied in 1997 800 children under the age of 18 died accidentally and many more were injured
Serbs and Albanians were educated separately throughout the system Secondary schooling took place in private houses
Albanian Youth Action
Background
Albania and Kosova in the 1990s
From 1981 to 1989 one in three Kosovan Albanians had been through Serbian police hands War broke out in 1998 with the massacre of the Jashari family in Central Kosova Hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to Albania in 1999
Approximately 150,000 Albanian speakers live in the UK, made up of families and unaccompanied minors 8,000 unaccompanied minors without the support of their families There are currently many young Albanians in British prisons