REBIC ON DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES

ZAGREB, Sep 8 (Hina) - Croatia is currently taking care of over 380,000 displaced persons and refugees. Twenty-two percent of them is accommodated in refugee centers, and seventy-eight percent lives with their relatives. Head of the Office for Refugees and Displaced Persons, Adalbert Rebic, informed today representatives of all Croatian and foreign humanitarian agencies about a difficult situation regarding the problem on displaced persons and refugees. Croatia sets aside from the budget DEM 32 million per month for refugees'accommodation, i.e. DEM 200 for each person, in the time when an average Croatian salary amounts to DEM 400, stressed Rebic. Rebic asked humanitarian agencies to help, particularly in delivering of food. Not a single new refugee from Bosnia-Herzegovina can be accepted in Croatia, and such a decision will be in force until third countries provide more concrete assistance, said Rebic adding that without the assistance, Croatia will be forced to close refugee centers. (hina) mm ks 081424 MET sep 94