ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - One hundred and twenty-six ethnic Bosniaks fromCetingrad, Vojnic and Topusko were granted Croatian citizenship onThursday after years of legal wrangling, and a further 30 of themqualify for citizenship and will
be issued citizenship certificatesover the next few days.
ZAGREB, May 5 (Hina) - One hundred and twenty-six ethnic Bosniaks
from Cetingrad, Vojnic and Topusko were granted Croatian citizenship on
Thursday after years of legal wrangling, and a further 30 of them qualify for
citizenship and will be issued citizenship certificates over the next few
days. They were handed their citizenship certificates by the head of
the Islamic community in Croatia, Sevko Omerbasic, at a ceremony in the
village of Maljevac in the municipality of Cetingrad, about 80 kilometres south
of Zagreb, close to the border with Bosnia-Herzegovina.
These people are members of the Bosniak national minority in Croatia.
They were born in Croatia and left the country during the 1991-1995 war. Ever
since they returned to their homes after the war, they have had the status of
foreigners.