SEPAROVIC SAYS DISPLACED PEOPLE'S LIVING CONDITIONS CRITICAL

ZAGREB, Oct 1 (Hina) - The living conditions of displaced people and refugees in Croatia have sharply deteriorated, Croatian Victimological Society president Zvonimir Separovic said on Tuesday. "The situation is extremely critical. (...) The health of displaced people is threatened, mortality has increased, and there have been cases of suicide," he told a news conference in Zagreb. Separovic recalled that the management of the Solaris hotel complex outside the central Adriatic town of Sibenik had suspended meals for 1,200 displaced people and refugees on Monday because the government had failed to pay accommodation and food costs for the past four months. "Last night there was a danger of the displaced people and refugees blocking the Adriatic road," he said and added: "According to our information, food and sanitary conditions in all refugees facilities are not not satisfactory." Separovic said that he had written to Parliament Speaker Vlatko Pavletic and Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa about the problem. Ivo Sluganovic, representative of displaced people accommodated in the Kaj Hotel in Marija Bistrica, about 25 km north of Zagreb, said that a similar situation could happen there because the government had not paid refugee accommodation costs for the last three months. "The food is bad and hot water is not available because there's no fuel oil," Sluganovic said. (hina) vm jn 011805 MET oct 96