Only Now... But Better
Late Than Never

Only now... but better late than never...
To a new camp they are moved,
UN say one dead, Roma 27...
The truth cannot be proved.
UNMIK wring their hands and softly say,
That more could have been done,
That will not bring back the dead,
Soft words and hands that are wrung!

If its only one dead, thats one too many,
27, as much so,
For children retarted from the lead,
Can be seen staggering wherever you go.
They can deny all the want,
After all, they control the press,
But the wrong in these civilised times...
The wrong they can never redress!

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The latest information on the camps is that some of the residents have been moved both to the old Mahala in the Albanian South Mitrovica and some to a new development in the Serbian North Mitrovica. Some are still in the camp as they have not been allocated housing, more becuase they refused to move bac among those who burned them out in the first place.

On International Roma Day this year, a protest was held demanding the treatment neccessary for the children born since they came to the camp to combat the effects of lead poisoning.

Returned Roma who have been repatriated from Germany and Italy have also been put into the camps, some of which have been moved to the old French Army base.

The current death toll is 80. I hope I dont have to update the number in the poem any more...