During the Operation Storm (Oluja), almost all of the Serbs fled, and after the war many Bosnian Croat refugees settled the area.

All around Mr. Vrlinic, Croat refugees are taking possession of houses that had once belonged to Serbs.

In many cases, Croat refugees from Bosnia and Hercegovina have occupied houses abandoned by their Serb owners.

Several witnesses testified that 20,000 Croat refugees had come from Travnik as a result of the Bosnian Army offensive.

Under the United Nations peacekeeping plan, these Serb areas will be demilitarized, with Croat refugees eventually allowed to return to their homes.

If we don't allow Croat refugees back into the Baranja, we will be accused of exacerbating the refugee crisis in Croatia and facilitating ethnic cleansing.

Currently it's mostly populated by the Croat refugees from Bugojno.

Not a single Croat refugee has returned.

Fighting between the former allies yesterday sent more terrified Croat refugees fleeing from the city as desperate Croat defenders pounded positions occupied by Muslim troops.

"My wife and I lived with our neighbor because Croat refugees had our house," said Milan Cizmic, 65, now in Zagreb.