from there, anna holligan reports., we're going to bring you a few words from the dutch government representative who was in kharkiv airport. there was a brief farewell ceremony, very moving ceremony. let's listen to what he had to say. >> today, your journey home begins. it still will be a long journey. we have a painful identification process to go through that will take time. but the dutch government wants to assure family members and all those concerned that we want to do the identification as quickly as possible with full respect for human dignity and the individual. >> a few words there from a representative of the dutch government. let's now go to anna holligan who is in eindhoven for us. >> reporter: a serene stable nation, caught up in somebody else's conflict. this shrine growing every day, now marks the spot of departure, the point from which the dead departed. this started as a couple of bouquets on thursday evening and as more and more people heard about the disastdisaster, just t the scale of the shrine n

anna holligan is in the hague. >> reporter: these mothers formed a small but determined group here inside the courtroom. they have been disappointed though, because though they have been fighting on behalf of thousands of survivors, the district judge here in the hague ruled that the dutch could only be held accountable for 300 deaths, the deaths of 300 muslim men who were deported from the camp in the days that preceded the srebrenica massacre. the relatives of these women, though, these three women who represented the thousands of others, were not among those men. and therefore the state cannot be held accountable, the judge ruled for their relatives' deaths. the wives, mothers and children of the 300 men who were expelled from that camp under the dutch that watched will be entitled to compensation and those negotiations on the amounts will be discussed now. speaking to the lawyer representing the survivors earlier, he says with regards to the amount, how do you put a price on those deaths. some of these women lost 20 or more relatives. they're now left knowing that they fought and won

anna holligan is there. how many bodies are expected to arrive today? >> in less than two hours the two military aircraft will land here and we are expecting 60 wooden coffins to be on board. there will be a ceremonial homecoming. a bugler will play and then there will be a minute of silence. we understand there may again be relatives present here to watch as the coffins are placed inside and then they will driven an hour from here to the forensic facility inside a military base in a town here in the netherlands where three families died. that is where the process of identifying the contents of the coffins will begin. >> reporter: and other international forensic experts are taking part in the process because so many nationalities were represented on that flight. >> reporter: this is very much being led by the dutch. this is a dutch forensic operation. all of the bodies are being brought here. we are expecting more flights possibly tomorrow. the dutch prime minister said it could be days or weeks or months before all of the remains have been recovered a

the bbc's anna holligan was at the hearing in the hague. >> reporter: the mothers of srebrenica blame dutch peacekeepers for failing to prevent the genocide. thousands of muslims had fled to the u.n. base seeking protection from general ratko mladic and his bosnian serb forces. it was supposed to be a safe zone. the dutch battalion was on patrol at the time, but did not intervene. what followed was the worst massacre committed on european territory since the nazis. these women, the mothers of srebrenica, formed a small but determined group here inside the courtroom. they have been disappointed by the verdict, though, because although they have been fighting on behalf of thousands of survivors, the district judge here in the hague ruled that the dutch could only be held accountable for 300 deaths, the deaths of 300 muslim men who were deported from the camp in the days that preceded the srebrenica massacre. the relatives of these women, though, these three women, who represented the thousands of others, were not among those men and therefore the state cannot be held accountable, the ju

let's go and speak to anna holligan now. how many bodies are expected to arrive where you are today? >> reporter: well, it's a week ago almost to the minute since the flight took off here in the netherlands. holiday on way to bali. if you look here tributes are being laid. all over the country we have seen this, pockets of sympathy. we are expecting 70 coffins to be arriving within the next few hours. again, there will be the ceremonial homecoming. the dutch king and queen will not be present but we are expecting relatives to be here once again. >> reporter: in terms of the forensic analysis of the remains, are different nationalities involved even though this is a dutch-led investigation? >> reporter: yes. all of the bodies when they arrive here will be driven one hour to a town here in the netherlands. it is a place that lost three entire families and a son from one other family. we have just seen one of the r hares entering here. they will be taken to the military facility where forensic investigations will begin. nobody

and as anna holligan reports now, she's been looking at how this country is trying to come to terms with it. >> a serene stable nation, caught up in somebody else's conflict. this shrine growing every day, now marks the spot of departure, the point from which the dead departed. this started as a couple of bouquets on thursday evening and as more and more people heard about the disaster, just look at the scale of the shrine now. this is an international airport, hundreds of passengers pass through these doors every day. many of them have been stopping off here to pay their respects to the passengers who are on board that flight, passengers just like them, many of them going away on holiday. if you have a look down here, you can see international nature of these tributes. the netherlands is a calm, reserved country. but a front page images have moved emotions, from shock and sadness to fury and frustration. combined with disbelief. >> since thursday, i've been thinking how horrible it must have been, the final moments of their lives when they knew the plane was going down. did they lock ha