VUKOVAR-Politika 37 PERCENT OF REFUGEES RETURNS TO VUKOVAR VUKOVAR, Jan 14 (Hina) - Of 22,061 persons, who were forced to flee their homes after the Serb occupation of the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar in 1991, by December 31,
2000, 8,215 Vukovar residents returned, which is 37.2 percent of the returnees. According to data of the Vukovar regional office for refugees and displaced persons, the return to Vukovar is slow due to a slow reconstruction of a difficult economic situation and impossibility of employment. The situation is much better in villages.(hina) it
VUKOVAR, Jan 14 (Hina) - Of 22,061 persons, who were forced to flee
their homes after the Serb occupation of the eastern Croatian town
of Vukovar in 1991, by December 31, 2000, 8,215 Vukovar residents
returned, which is 37.2 percent of the returnees.
According to data of the Vukovar regional office for refugees and
displaced persons, the return to Vukovar is slow due to a slow
reconstruction of a difficult economic situation and impossibility
of employment. The situation is much better in villages.
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