Berlin/Sarajevo, 1st October, 1996 - Tuzla/Mahala, 30th September, 1996
Berlin - 1st October, 1996
1. WS of office
2. CU of door
3. CU of the company name
4. WS of people working
5. WS office
6. CU woman on phone
7. SOUNDBITE: Klaus Duennhaupt (German)
8. Map of Bosnia
9. SOUNDBITE: Klaus Duennhaupt (German)
10. CU company headed paper
11. SOUNDBITE: KLaus Duennhaupt (German)
12. CU Map and zoom out
Tuzla - 30th September 1996
13. Various of refugee demonstrations
Mahala, village on the Serb side of separation zone in northern Bosnia - 30th September 1996
14. American IFOR vehicles
15. Close ups of Muslims fixing their houses
Sarajevo - 1st October 1996
16. Close up of UNHCR sign
17. SOUNDBITE: Mans Neuberg, UNHCR Spokesman
18. Wide shot of Sarajevo street scene
German/Eng/Nat
The German government has announced it will forcibly repatriate over 300-thousand Bosnian refugees.
Around ten percent of Bosnia's pre-war population fled to Germany during the conflict - now some of the refugees are fighting to be allowed to stay in their adopted country.
Aid agencies have criticised Germany's decision to expel the Bosnians - saying the refugees will be homeless if they are forced to return.
A rundown back street in Berlin houses the office of Germany's "job-centre" for Bosnian refugees.
There are now around one thousand exiled Bosnians registered on the computers here.
But the computers are not matching-up the best candidates for local jobs, they're finding jobs for Bosnian refugees back in their native country.
SOUNDBITE: (German)
"Today, the job exchange for skilled Bosnian refugee workers in Germany opened."
SUPER CAPTION: Klaus Duennhaupt, AGEF Director
The initiative was devised by the German authorities working with the government of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
SOUNDBITE: (German)
"The job programme works for people all over Germany. People can either contact us by phone or write us a letter. We do not provide job advice."
SUPER CAPTION: Klaus Duennhaupt, AGEF Director
It's emerged that there's an acute shortage of skilled professionals such as doctors and lawyers in Bosnia.
But it's a voluntary scheme and isn't intended to force people back to Bosnia.
SOUNDBITE: (German)
"The project works only if the Bosnian refugees are interested and apply for it themselves. It is not our job to assign jobs but we do want to offer our support. This is an important initiative for that region: help through self-help."
SUPER CAPTION: Klaus Duennhaupt, AGEF Director
Despite this, forced repatriation is looking likely. And for many the prospect of returning is not an attractive one. No matter how hard the fight for survival in Germany, the fight in Bosnia appears much tougher.
In Tuzla, hundreds of Bosnian Muslims held protests against the international community's decision not to allow them to return to their former homes in the Serb-run half of the country.
Bosnian refugees who escaped to Germany during the war just want to rebuild their lives.
Some refugees have hired lawyers to help them try and remain in Germany.
The Bosnian authorities say they have no choice but to accept the wishes of the German government.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is less enthusiastic about the Germans' decision though - UNHCR believes many refugees will be homeless upon their return.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The UNHCR regrets the decision by the Interior Ministers of Germany which makes it possible to start with forcible repatriation of Bosnian refugees from Germany as of today."
SUPERCAPTION: Mans Neuberg, UNHCR Spokesman
The refugees' reluctance to return to Bosnia stems from the lack of free movement that still exists in many areas, coupled with the fact that they lost everything they had during the four-year war.
