(29 Feb 1996) T/I: 11:12:50


The village of Brezovo Polje on the bank of Sava river, some 20 km east of the disputed northern Bosnian corridor town of Brcko, has become a sanctuary for fleeing Sarajevo Serb refugees escaping the handover of their suburbs. Distrustful of the Moslem-Croat federation government, convoys of Serb refugees from the Sarajevo suburbs of Ilijas and Vogosca traversed the country and some fled to this northernmost point. Yet their future remains uncertain since this former Moslem village is destitute and can not provide adequate shelter for the newly arrived refugees. Brezovo Polje school's gym is overcrowded with beds and has been transformed into a shelter for Ilijas Serbs.

SHOWS:

BREZOVO POLJE, BRCKO CORRIDOR, BOSNIA 29 FEBRUARY 1996:
wide of village
signpost
local cycling along road
residents collecting water at pump
various of water cannisters being filled
old man SOT (SERBO-CROAT): "I came from Ilijas because I saw no possibility of living together with my former (Moslem) neighbours,"
two people walking along road
more people on road
young man from Vogosca SOT (SERBO-CROAT) saying as soon as Moslem-Croat police entered his suburb he saw there was no life for him there anymore
deserted road
old woman chopping wood
woman SOT (SERBO-CROAT): "This is my second flight as a refugee in this war."
child collecting water
exterior shop
red cross lists with names of refugees
beds over-packed inside gym and refugees walking about between them

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