Serbia:Protests Erupt in Serbian town against immigrants after Gang Rape

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SOCIETY | MONDAY 14.11.2011 | 09:28

Classes in western town school to resume

SOURCE: TANJUG

BANJA KOVILJAČA -- Primary school students in Banja Koviljača, a spa resort town in western Serbia, will begin attending classes on Monday after a several-day boycott.

The local school's parent council made a decision that their children should get back to school following the conclusions of a meeting between a senior government official and heads of the local-self government.

Serbian Minister of Labor and Social Policy Rasim Ljajić and the heads of the Loznica and Banja Koviljača local self-government met on Thursday to discuss the current issue of illegal immigrants in that region.

Ljajic told the municipal officials that the state was ready to resolve the issue in line with international obligations and to the mutual interest of the Serbian and foreign citizens.

Senior officials of the Interior Ministry, the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees, the city of Loznica and representatives of Banja Koviljača met on the same day and decided on a number of measures to resolve the problem of the huge number of immigrants, nearing 2,500 in a place counting 5,500 people in total.

Loznica mayor Vidoje Petrović told Tanjug Saturday that the immigrants who had been accommodated in the local school would get a new, more humane facility at another location.

Police presence in Banja Koviljača, particularly in the school's vicinity, will be increased, along with strengthened measures to prevent illegal attempts at crossing the border, Petrović said.