BANJA LUKA, July 26 (Hina) - Bosnia-Herzegovina's Minister for Human Rights and Refugees Mirsad Kebo said in an interview with Nezavisne novine of Saturday that Croatia had vowed to return private property to Croatian Serb refugees
temporarily settled in Bosnia by the end of the year.
BANJA LUKA, July 26 (Hina) - Bosnia-Herzegovina's Minister for
Human Rights and Refugees Mirsad Kebo said in an interview with
Nezavisne novine of Saturday that Croatia had vowed to return
private property to Croatian Serb refugees temporarily settled in
Bosnia by the end of the year. #L#
Kebo discussed the issue with senior Croatian officials earlier
this week.
In the interview with the Bosnian Serb newspaper, he pointed to
different figures as to the number of refugees. Bosnia has
registered 24,000 Croatian Serb refugees who wish to return to pre-
war homes, while the Croatian government says the figure stands at
2,600.
According to Kebo, the Croatian figure refers to the number of
people who have applied for the restitution of tenancy rights.
"For this reason we have set up a commission at the level of
assistant ministers which has to arrive at reliable data on
refugees in Croatia and (Bosnia), so that information on ways of
solving their property and tenancy rights can be available to
everyone," the minister was quoted as saying.
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