CROATS EVICTED FROM SERB HOUSES IN DRVAR SETTLE IN KNIN

KNIN/GOLUBIC, March 17 (Hina) - Representatives of the UNHCR, the Red Cross, an association of settled and displaced Croats and Caritas on Saturday night welcomed another 13 Croat families from Bosnia-Herzegovina who sought refuge in Croatia after being evicted from Serb houses in Drvar. At present, about 40 families, including children are accommodated in barracks of the former Yugoslav army in Golubic. They are provided with drinking water and basic necessities. Assistant Public Works Minister Lovre Pejkovic on Thursday said it is expected that several thousands of people would enter Croatian areas of Knin, Gracac and Benkovac, predominantly Croats from Central Bosnia and Republika Srpska who fled their homes during the war in Bosnia and settled in empty houses in Drvar from which they now have to move out. As they were not provided with alternative accommodation in Bosnia, and cannot return to their homes, they recently started coming to Croatia. The government's office for refugees and displaced persons on Saturday approved the placement of 16 Croat families from Bosnia, who sought help from Knin's Caritas, in bungalows in the Golubic military base. (hina) np