Information on the treatment of ethnic Serbs in the tourist area of Porec specifically could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

Information on the treatment of ethnic Serbs in Croatia can be found in Country Reports 1999, and the Human Rights Watch report Second-Class Citizens: The Serbs of Croatia, published in March 1999.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

IRB databases.

LEXIS-NEXIS.

World News Connection (WNC).

Two oral sources contacted.

Internet sites including:

Amnesty International.

British Helsinki Human Rights Group (BHHRG).

Centre for Civil Society International (CCSI).

Country Reports 1999.

Croatian Helsinki Committee.

Human Rights Watch (HRW).

International Crisis Group (ICG).

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR).

Minorities at Risk.

Open Media Research Institute (OMRI).

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

Slavic Research Centre.

Transitions [Prague].