SARAJEVO, March 30 (Hina) - Since the beginning of NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro), 5,500 refugees have arrived from Sanjak (an area on the border between Serbia and Montenegro) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the UN
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said. The Sanjak population is predominantly Moslem. The refugees are pouring into the Croat-Moslem Federation and the UNHCR has set up makeshift accommodation centres, but only 150 of refugees sought shelter there, whereas others were received by their relatives. According to a UNHCR spokeswoman, Wendy Rappeport, 80 Sanjak refugees are in the temporary accommodation centre in Zenica, another 45 are in Kljuc, while the rest found shelter in Rakovica, outside Sarajevo where a number of Kosovo Albanians have already been accommodated. Refugees who sought help from UNHCR received food and basic hygienic supplie
SARAJEVO, March 30 (Hina) - Since the beginning of NATO air strikes
against Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro), 5,500 refugees have
arrived from Sanjak (an area on the border between Serbia and
Montenegro) in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the UN High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) said.
The Sanjak population is predominantly Moslem.
The refugees are pouring into the Croat-Moslem Federation and the
UNHCR has set up makeshift accommodation centres, but only 150 of
refugees sought shelter there, whereas others were received by
their relatives.
According to a UNHCR spokeswoman, Wendy Rappeport, 80 Sanjak
refugees are in the temporary accommodation centre in Zenica,
another 45 are in Kljuc, while the rest found shelter in Rakovica,
outside Sarajevo where a number of Kosovo Albanians have already
been accommodated.
Refugees who sought help from UNHCR received food and basic
hygienic supplies.
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