KUPLJENSKO/VELIKA KLADUSA, Jan 5 (Hina) - Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic, Croatian Interior Minister Ivan Jarnjak and their associates today visited a refugee facility in Kupljensko, where Velika Kladusa refugees are
accommodated, as well as their home town of Velika Kladusa in western Bosnia.
KUPLJENSKO/VELIKA KLADUSA, Jan 5 (Hina) - Bosnian Prime Minister
Haris Silajdzic, Croatian Interior Minister Ivan Jarnjak and their
associates today visited a refugee facility in Kupljensko, where
Velika Kladusa refugees are accommodated, as well as their home
town of Velika Kladusa in western Bosnia. #L#
"The war is over and it is time for you to return to your
homes," Silajzic told a gathering of refugees.
According to Bosnian police records, about 11,000 Velika
Kladusa refugees have returned to their homes, and 7,000 have
remained at the Kupljensko camp. Those who are refusing to return
are motivated by stories of "violence and even murder", as one
refugee put it, perpetrated over the returnees by other Moslem
inhabitants of Velika Kladusa.
According to Silajdzic, most of these stories are
"disinformation."
"There is no more lawlessness in Bosnia. All such cases
will be resolved," Silajdzic told the refugees, adding that he had
personally obtained proof that certain stories of murder were
nothing but fabrications.
"Many of those we have talked to are considering returning
to Kladusa," Jarnjak said after meeting the refugees.
"The living conditions in the camp are appalling," he said,
adding he was amazed that people with children still persisted in
staying there.
After meeting the refugees, Silajzic and Jarnjak proceeded
to Velika Kladusa, where they met the Una Canton authorities and
the joint Bosnian-Croat-Turkish police command which is in charge
of law and order in the Kladusa municipality.
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