(28 Mar 1996) T/I: 10:16:17
The first organised return of refugees from abroad to the Northeast region of Bosnia-Herzegovina took place on Wednesday night (27/3) when a group of 19 refugees arrived in the town of Tuzla. With emotions
running high and tears flowing, the 19 refugees were greeted by their families at Tuzla bus station, happy that they were reunited again. UNHCR and other humanitarian organisations active in Bosnia are hoping in the future to bring most of 2 million Bosnian refugees back to their homes, but so far the biggest problem is finding accommodation for them.
SHOWS
BOSNIA, 27+28/3 (overnight)
bus with refugees approaching station
refugees getting off bus
vs bus with refugees
mother meeting daughter after 3 years of separation
tearful mother and daughter hugging
SOT passenger (Bosnian): My name is Nijazi, I am from Janja. Eleven and a half months I spent in Chetnick concentration camp. I escaped to Hungary. I payed for that 8,000 DM. I spent 8 months in Hungary and for 4-5 months I have been waiting the moment I will come back here. I feel like I am born again. I have nothing else to say"
refugees carrying belongings from bus
refugees unloading belongings from truck
mother and daughter
SOT (Bosnian) daughter: "our years of separation is not a short period. My husband was killed and I am left with two children and I am waiting to see my parents because they mean the only consolation to me"
SOT (Bosnian) Mother: "I have no words to describe my feelings. I do not care that everything has been destroyed. I think Bosnia will be as it was before the war"
SOT (English) head of UNHCR office in Tuzla, Salvatore Lombardo "We do hope to see in the short, medium and long term all Bosnian refugees coming back but as we have been saying for the last week this is a process which requires time."
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