CROATIAN SERB REFUGEES RETURNING IN ORGANISED WAY

OKUCANI/PAKRAC/DARUVAR, Aug 27 (Hina) - Eight Serb families returned without incident to Okucani, Pakrac and Daruvar on Wednesday under the escort of UNHCR and OSCE personnel and Croatian police. They returned to the Western Slavonia region as part of the so far largest organised convoy of refugees from the UN- administered Danube river region of eastern Croatia to their pre- war places of residence in other parts of the country. They were received by representatives of the Regional Office for Displaced Persons and Refugees and the police, after which they were taken to their relatives and friends. According to information from regional offices in Slavonski Brod, Pozega and Bjelovar, 21 Serb refugees, including the ones who returned today, have returned in an organised way to the Okucani area since April 23 while about 110 have returned under their own arrangements. Forty-eight persons have returned to the Pakrac area in an organised way and 136 on their own. As part of organised returns, 32 persons have returned to Daruvar, four to Bjelovar, four to Grubisno Polje and one to Garesnica. (hina) vm 271834 MET aug 97