UNHCR ENDEAVOURS TO ENSURE THAT DEPARTURES FROM W. SLAVONIA ARE VO

VO $ LUNTARY ZAGREB, May 12 (Hina) - Some of the 300 persons who voluntarily left western SLavonia for northern Bosnia in the past few days were motivated by family reasons, UN relief agency (UNHCR) spokesperson in Zagreb, Alemka Lisinski, told a press conference today. She said there were people who decided to leave because they wanted to join their relatives and families in northern Bosnia or Serbia. The UNHCR was making every effort to ensure that these people were informed of their rights and able freely to decide to stay or to go, Lisinski said. She said the procedure was for residents to first talk to a representative of the Croatian Government, who explained their citizenship and other rights. "Only after that, if they are really determined to go, they are registered and their departure is organised," Lisinski said. (hina) mm as 121834 MET may 95