Bosnia - Refugee Children Search For Parents

(30 Nov 1995) T/I: 11:01:23


The peace agreement on Bosnia has encouraged hopes that
families divided by several years of war may soon be reunited.
Nena Savanovic, 12, and her brother Nedeljko, 8, mustered the
courage to approach the Bosnian Serb military command in Prijedor,
western Bosnia, to ask about the fate of their parents. They travelled unaccompanied to Prijedor to search for their parents. "Koransa" near Prijedor and "Rakovacke Bare" near Banja Luka are two of many collective refugee centres. They are overcrowded and poorly
furnished. Many provisional open-air camps with tents and people
on horsecarts still provide the only shelter for thousands of
homeless Bosnians. Vladimir Tsiourko, the UNHCR's chief of mission
in the region, told WTN: "There are some 150,000 refugees in
western Bosnia. The UNHCR is doing its best to help care for these
people and support other local aid organisations."

SHOWS:

PRIJEDOR + BANJA LUKA, BOSNIA 29/11
Brother and sister holding hands through fence, leaving for
Prijedor
Banja Luka train station
Children get on train
Train leaving the station
Children in Prijedor, approaching military command headquarters
Eight-year-old Nedeljko SOT (in Serbian): "I long for my Mom and
Dad, I wish they would come quickly..."

KORANSA REFUGEE CENTRE:
Refugee centre "Koransa" near Prijedor
Crowded refugees in centre, sleeping on floor
Elderly and war-weary refugees

RAKOVACKE BARE REFUGEE CENTRE
Refugee centre "Rakovacke bare" near Banja Luka
People dividing up clothes for winter at refugee collective centre
GVs of refugees

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