STATEMENT BY GOV. OFFICE FOR REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS

ZAGREB, Apr 6 (Hina) - The Croatian Government Office for Refugees and Displaced Persons issued a statement today. The statement says that in the last 30 days Croatia, in co-operation with UNHCR, has given shelter to 375 Moslem refugees who were forced to leave their homes in Banja Luka, Prijedor and Sanski Most because of ethnic cleansing in west Bosnia. They are temporarily accommodated in the refugee center Gasinci, until they receive documents for leaving for third countries. More refugees from north-western Bosnia could arrive in Croatia because of intensified terror over non-Serbian population. Many of them do not have possibilities for private accommodation or leaving for third countries, says the statement. The statement warns that Croatia has no accommodations for new refugees. 061746 MET apr 94