SERB REFUGEES VISIT WESTERN MOSTAR

( Editorial: --> 4199 ) MOSTAR, June 27 (Hina) - About 80 Serb refugees on Saturday visited family houses in Ortijes, a district in the western, Croat-held part of Mostar. The refugees, coming from Nevesinje, Gacka and Trebinje, reached the southern Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH) town aboard two buses of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This was the first visit and the announcement of the return of refugees from the Bosnian Serb entity to the south of the Croat- Muslim Federation of BH. About 15 of the visiting refugees intend to stay overnight. They are guarded by western Mostar police, and NATO-led peace Stabilisation Force patrols from time to time. The UNHCR and THW, a humanitarian organisation from Germany, have ensured food and helped the refugee with temporary accommodation. (hina) ha 272000 MET jun 98