Berlin, Oct 14, SPA -- Germany wants to send some 14,000refugees back to Kosovo, Reuters quoted the interior ministry as saying today, sparking protest from an opposition lawmaker who said such a move would put them at risk. Ministry spokesman Stefan Paris said Germany would aim tosign an accord organising the return in the autumn with theKosovar government that will conform with international humanrights standards. But opposition member of parliament Ulla Jelpke, from thefar-left Linke party, said that around 10,000 of the refugeeswere from the Roma minority group, and that returning them toKosovo would put them in danger. "Kosovo is a country in which minorities are deeplydiscriminated against and persecuted," she said. The security situation in Kosovo has improved according toNATO, which has around 14,000 peacekeeping troops stationedthere and expects to reduce the number to a little more than2,000 over two years. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February 2008,nine years after a NATO-led air war forced Serbian securityforces out of the area, ending Belgrade's crackdown againstethnic Albanians.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/709124