BELGRADE, Nov 25 (Hina) - Croatian Serb citizens from the region of +eastern Slavonia, who are seeking asylum in Norway, have gone on a +hunger strike because the Norwegian authorities are not willing to +grant them political asylum,
a Croatian Serb association in +Belgrade reported on Wednesday.+ The association reported that 2,400 Serbs from eastern Slavonia, +who in July this year left for Norway "under dubious circumstances" +are "forgotten and deprived of their rights". They decided to go on +a hunger strike in order to warn "the domestic and international +community of their tragic position".+ The Norwegian authorities are not granting them asylum but are +sending them back to Croatia, although they had granted asylum to +Bosnian refugees, the association said.+(hina) mm rml +
BELGRADE, Nov 25 (Hina) - Croatian Serb citizens from the region of
eastern Slavonia, who are seeking asylum in Norway, have gone on a
hunger strike because the Norwegian authorities are not willing to
grant them political asylum, a Croatian Serb association in
Belgrade reported on Wednesday.
The association reported that 2,400 Serbs from eastern Slavonia,
who in July this year left for Norway "under dubious circumstances"
are "forgotten and deprived of their rights". They decided to go on
a hunger strike in order to warn "the domestic and international
community of their tragic position".
The Norwegian authorities are not granting them asylum but are
sending them back to Croatia, although they had granted asylum to
Bosnian refugees, the association said.
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