BELGRADE: AROUND 60% OF REFUGEES WILL INTEGRATE IN SERBIAN SOCIETY

BELGRADE, June 12 (Hina) - The problem of refugees and displaced persons from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina residing in Serbia will be solved permanently thanks to a project called the National Strategy for the Solution of Refugee Problems, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic said during a visit of a Serbian government delegation to Sremska Mitrovica. #L# According to the strategy, 700 million US dollars are required for the solution of refugee problems. The funds are to be secured from the Serbian budget, through the sale of the refugees' property in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and from donations, he said. Djindjic believes that around 60 percent of a total of 500,000 refugees will integrate in the Serbian society. Only 18 percent of all refugees have solved their housing and employment problems in a satisfactory manner, while most refugees still live in collective refugee centres and with their relatives, he said. (hina) rml sb