REFUGEES IN YUGOSLAVIA DEMAND RIGHT TO VOTE IN CROATIA

BELGRADE, April 13 (Hina) - An association of refugees in Serbia sent a letter to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Belgrade requesting that Serb refugees from Croatia be granted the right to vote at the upcoming local elections in Croatia. The refugees association also sent the letter to other European organisations and institution, non-governmental organisations and Croatian state officials, representatives of the associations said in a statement. They requested that Serb refugees be granted the right to vote in former places of residence in Croatia, Croatia's diplomatic- consulate offices and polls in 20 Yugoslav towns. The association also demanded the OSCE to advocate the adjustment of electoral legislation in Croatia to their requests. According to the census, conducted March 9 and April 11, there are 360,000 Serb refugees from Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Serbia. Another 60,000 people was registered through so-called "blue cards". The Serbian Commission said the 60,000 people were refugees who gained Yugoslav citizenship in the meantime, and members of the former Yugoslav Army (JNA) from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (hina) it sb