MORE THAN 12 000 DISPLACED PERSONS RETURN TO DANUBIAN AREA

( Editorial: --> 4887 ) VINKOVCI, Aug 20 (Hina) - By August 12 2,738 displaced families, that is, 7,531 individuals returned to the Croatian Danube River region, as recorded by the Regional Office for Refugees and Displaced Persons in Vinkovci (eastern Croatia). According to the Office head, Ante Drmic, another 5,000 refugees who have not established their returnee status have also returned to the region. "We can say now that more than 12,000 persons have returned to the Danubian area, and considering the numerous circumstances influencing the dynamics of the return, we can be happy with the number of returnees," Drmic said. The least number of persons to return was to locations with a Serb majority. About one fourth of exiled people have returned to the Vukovar- Srijem County, about 12,000 of them out of a total of 45,145 persons since 1991, Drmic said. (hina) lml 201851 MET aug 98