MORE REFUGEES, LESS FOOD TO GO AROUND, REBIC ALARMED

ZAGREB, Feb 10 (Hina) - "Croatia is facing a great new wave of refugees from north-western Bosnia - and the food provided by international organisations is nowhere near enough to meet the needs of the refugees already there," Head of the Government Office for Refugees, Minister Adalbert Rebic, told reporters today. Rebic said that Croatia admitted 910 Bosnian refugees, some of them from Velika Kladusa and some from Banja Luka, in January but as he spoke, another 400 refugees were waiting for admittance. "These will probably be admitted and accommodated in refugee centres in Gasinci, Varazdin and Obonjan Island next week, when the refugees presently occupying these facilities leave for other countries," he said. Croats and Moslems in Banja Luka faced increasing terror, Rebic said. He praised the newly-launched "Save Banja Luka" drive, which is informing the world of Serb genocide and ethnic cleansing in north-western Bosnia. Croatia received 5,600 tonnes of aid in January while refugees consumed 14,000 tonnes, Rebic said. The greatest need was for vegetables, meat and vitamin products. Rebic was perplexed at European relief organisations distributing aid to the occupied areas, leaving Croatia to take care of all the people expelled from them by Serb authorities. But Croatia would continue to allow the free passage of relief convoys bound for the UN Protected Areas and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Minister Rebic said. (hina) jn as sd 101545 MET feb 95