ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Fifteen Croats from Drvar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, who were evicted from flats in which they temporarily found accommodation, on Friday arrived in Knin. Competent bodies in Knin are requesting urgent assistance
from the government and other institutions.
ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - Fifteen Croats from Drvar, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, who were evicted from flats in which they temporarily
found accommodation, on Friday arrived in Knin. Competent bodies in
Knin are requesting urgent assistance from the government and other
institutions. #L#
They asked for help from Caritas, the Knin guardian and town
authorities, assistant to the Public Works, Reconstruction and
Construction Minister, Lovre Pejkovic, told Hina.
The situation is "under control" and the refugees have been
accommodated in a refugee centre near Knin, he said. If necessary,
other centres will be established, Pejkovic added.
he recalled that Croats from Drvar began arriving in Croatia, in
Gracac in particular, some ten days ago, but this was not
immediately noticed because they came in groups and found
accommodation with relatives.
At the end of last year, 12 families came to Srb, but evictions in
Drvar stopped during the winter. They have now continued, Pejkovic
said. He added that there is no accurate data about how many people
have arrived in Croatia so far.
The people evicted from Drvar are mostly Croats from Central Bosnia
and Republika Srpska who were forced to leave their homes during the
war. They entered abandoned flats which they now have to leave, and
they cannot return to their homes, said Pejkovic.
Knin Mayor Vinko Maric, Sibenik Bishop Ante Ivas and guardian and
St. Ante parish's Caritas, Petar Klaric, on Friday forwarded a
statement to the government and public in which they asked for
urgent assistance and accommodation for the Drvar Croats until a
more lasting solution is found.
The Croatian Returnees' Association also advocated assistance to
the Croats.
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