Government Information on Refugees: Resettlement in Europe

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, thousands of refugees sought access to Western Europe and the U.S., and processing of the became complicated due to limitations in resources and personnel.

G.A.O. discusses migration patterns, political climate, refugee numbers, and future policies in this report.

As the Serbians aimed to wipe ethnic Albanians from their land, massive numbers of refugees from the Kosovo region fled from the massacres of the Serb forces. The hearing discusses proper humanitarian action on behalf of the United States and the level of crisis occurring in Kosovo.