REBIC'S INTERVIEW WITH CROATIAN RADIO ON VARES REFUGEES

ZAGREB, Nov 4 (Hina) - Head of the Croatian Government Office for Refugees and Displaced Persons Adalbert Rebic said in an interview with Croatian Radio on Thursday that it was necessary to provide accommodation for 15 thousand Croats from Vares and the surrounding villages. "In Croatia we must urgently provide accommodation for those refugees whom it will be impossible to accommodate in Herzegovina," said Mr Rebic. He added that most of them were expected to arrive in Croatia gradually, and stressed that only 3.5 thousand to 4 thousand Bosnian refugees could be put up in Croatia at the moment. He said that those refugees would be sheltered at refugee centres in Lipovljani and Kutina, constructed by the Danish Red Cross, in former army barracks in Pula and on the island of Vis which were still not ready to house the refugees, the former army barracks Kamenjak, the refugee centre Savudrija, the Bjelolasica Hotel and in Karlovac. "Some of them will be put up in Gasinci, and if a greater number of them arrive, they will have to be sheltered in tents," Mr Rebic said. He pointed out that today he appealed for help to UNPROFOR in Croatia and wrote to the media, embassies and humanitarian organizations seeking urgent assistance. (END) m-vm 041716 MET nov 93