MOSTAR ON PROBLEMS IN STOLAC MOSTAR, Sept 6 (Hina) - The head of the regional office of the High Representative in the southern Bosnian town of Mostar, Collin Munroe, has warned that 'education apartheid' has been at work in Stolac, a
town east of Mostar, since the beginning of the school year, because the children of Bosniak returnees do not have adequate classrooms. In a statement forwarded to the media, Munroe said he was worried that people of good will who were trying to solve the problem of education in Stolac were exposed to intimidation. He threatened to consider some drastic measures if those problems were not solved. Before the war in the country, Stolac municipality had a majority Bosniak population, of whom almost all left the town during the 1993 Croat-Bosniak conflict. At the same time, around 4,000 Croat refugees from central Bosnia settled in the town. Officials of the Bosnian Croat Christian Democrat party recently said that more than
MOSTAR, Sept 6 (Hina) - The head of the regional office of the High
Representative in the southern Bosnian town of Mostar, Collin
Munroe, has warned that 'education apartheid' has been at work in
Stolac, a town east of Mostar, since the beginning of the school
year, because the children of Bosniak returnees do not have
adequate classrooms.
In a statement forwarded to the media, Munroe said he was worried
that people of good will who were trying to solve the problem of
education in Stolac were exposed to intimidation. He threatened to
consider some drastic measures if those problems were not solved.
Before the war in the country, Stolac municipality had a majority
Bosniak population, of whom almost all left the town during the 1993
Croat-Bosniak conflict. At the same time, around 4,000 Croat
refugees from central Bosnia settled in the town.
Officials of the Bosnian Croat Christian Democrat party recently
said that more than 1,000 Croat settlers from Stolac wished to
emigrate to overseas countries.
(hina) rml