If necessary. I urge that we consider economic sanctions against Croatia if they continue to block relief. We cannot allow our allies and friends. including the Germans. who are afraid of a wave of refugees crossing their borders. to block us from taking strong action. including sanctions against. to open the roads to relief. I am told that last year in the former Yugoslavia. thanks to one of the mildest winters in decades. only about 2.000 to 3.000 people perished for lack of shelter and supplies. However. relief officials tell me that this years estimates of deaths from starvation and exposure could far exceed 100.000 if there is a normal winter. There are over 2 million refugees. displaced or at risk populations in Bosnia today. The number of refugees suffering in Bosnia is over two times as many as last year. Couple that with the likelihood of a bitterly cold winter. and the potential for the region to become a mass grave becomes more and more a possibility. As I mentioned. the current problem is one of access. not resources.
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