
Annex 7 of the Dayton Peace Accords says that all displaced Bosnians
have the right to return to their homes. In reality, most will not. "Dayton
is a black hole," refugees told us. The Serbs will not allow them to go
back because most of their homes are now in Serb-held territory. Even
if they were given permission to return, most refugees say that they are
too afraid.
At the Tetovo Collective Center in Zenica, 69 people, mostly children
and elderly, from Prijedor, Zepa, and Srebrenica, lived in 17 rooms. They
came in June and July of 1995. There are 39 collective centers in Zenica
such as this one, in a former school. "I would rather kill myself or my
kids if I have to live in a room like this one again," said one refugee.
At the time of our visit, the residents of Tetovo were told that they
had to leave in two weeks. When we met them, they had received their last
food shipment containing one liter of oil, seven kilos of wheat flour,
yeast, one-half kilo of pastry, and one meat can per person. They received
this portion once every two weeks. They have no idea where they will go.
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