SWEDEN INTERESTED IN RETURN OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES

( Editorial: --> 2831 ) ZAGREB, 18 Feb (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Sanader received the Swedish government secretary for political asylum and migration, Gun-Britt Andersson, on Wednesday in Zagreb. Andersson is interested in the process of returning refugees and displaced persons and the measures the Croatian Government has taken, emphasising that according to Swedish public opinion these are very sensitive and important issues. Sanader said that during the aggression on Croatia and Bosnia- Herzegovina, the Croatian Government provided for numerous refugees and displaced persons of which there are about 200,000 even now in Croatia. To hasten the process of return the Croatian government in April last year signed an agreement with UNHCR and appointed a trust establishment committee, said Sanader. For the returning process to succeed it is necessary to establish favourable economic and security conditions, said Sanader. (hina) mm mrb 181421 MET feb 98