ZAGREB, Oct 14 (Hina) - In the past three and a half years some 81,000 refugees returned to their pre-war homes. Of this number 46,000 or 57 percent are Serb nationals, while 34,000 or 43 percent are displaced Croatians, reads data
from the 2000-2003 Return Report which will be submitted to the government on Thursday.
ZAGREB, Oct 14 (Hina) - In the past three and a half years some
81,000 refugees returned to their pre-war homes. Of this number
46,000 or 57 percent are Serb nationals, while 34,000 or 43 percent
are displaced Croatians, reads data from the 2000-2003 Return
Report which will be submitted to the government on Thursday. #L#
In this year's first eight months, some 10,000 people returned, 20
percent of whom are displaced Croats and 80 percent are minorities,
the report says.
Since 2000, more than 28,000 houses and apartments have been
reconstructed, 15,000 housing units have been returned to the
owners, alternative accommodation has been provided for close to
5,000 families and some 1,200 families received construction
material for the reconstruction of houses in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Over the last three and a half years, Croatia invested more than
four billion kuna in return programmes, while the total cost of
housing accommodation, reconstruction of the municipal and social
infrastructure since 1991 amounts to 25.2 billion kuna, Assistant
Reconstruction Minister Lovro Pejkovic said Tuesday.
Croatia shouldered the majority of the financial burden, as the
international community participated with only 15 percent (some
three billion kuna). Half the funds provided by the international
community is humanitarian assistance.
According to Pejkovic, a programme aimed at providing for tenancy
right holders, which will be launched next year, should be
completed by 2006.
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