SARAJEVO SARAJEVO, March 26 (Hina) - Since the beginning of NATO air strikes on Yugoslav military targets, the U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina has registered an increased influx of refugees from
Yugoslavia, UNHCR spokeswoman Ariane Quentier told reporters in Sarajevo. According to UNHCR's information, the number of refugees arriving directly from Kosovo is very small, with the majority of refugees coming from Sandzak, a region in Serbia bordering with eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina. Twenty buses with refugees from Sandzak arrived in Sarajevo on Wednesday and another 10-15 arrived on Thursday, Quentier said. The UNHCR has set up a reception point at the Sarajevo bus station and a similar point has been set up in Rudo, a town on the Bosnian-Yugoslav border. However, Quentier said that only several refugees had sought help from the UNHCR while others were probably accommodate
SARAJEVO, March 26 (Hina) - Since the beginning of NATO air strikes
on Yugoslav military targets, the U.N. High Commission for Refugees
(UNHCR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina has registered an increased influx
of refugees from Yugoslavia, UNHCR spokeswoman Ariane Quentier
told reporters in Sarajevo.
According to UNHCR's information, the number of refugees arriving
directly from Kosovo is very small, with the majority of refugees
coming from Sandzak, a region in Serbia bordering with eastern
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Twenty buses with refugees from Sandzak
arrived in Sarajevo on Wednesday and another 10-15 arrived on
Thursday, Quentier said.
The UNHCR has set up a reception point at the Sarajevo bus station
and a similar point has been set up in Rudo, a town on the Bosnian-
Yugoslav border.
However, Quentier said that only several refugees had sought help
from the UNHCR while others were probably accommodated at their
relatives' homes.
(hina) rml