UNHCR PARTICIPATION IN REFUGEE CARE DROPS TO 4.5 % THIS YEAR

ZAGREB, Feb 24 (Hina) - Head of the Croatian Government Office for Refugees, Minister Adalbert Rebic, and head of the UNHCR Mission, Jacques Mouchet, today signed an agreement on UNHCR participation in aid for refugees accommodated in private homes, the Government Office said today. UNHCR participation in the total refugee expenditure this year will drop to 4.5 percent from last year's nine percent. At Rebic's insistence, Mouchet promised to try and get the decision reversed. The pair also discussed new waves of refugees that were expected from Bosnia. Rebic said Croatia could not accept more refugees until all those who came via UNHCR in the past three months went to other countries, as the Croatian Government had been promised at the time. All refugee capacities were full, Rebic said. He asked the UNHCR to start participating in the care of these new refugees, which Croatia was currently providing for out of its own budget. (hina) jn as sd 241912 MET feb 95