Trames
Volume 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-258

Years of refugee life in Serbia-challenges for a new beginning: Stay or return home? (Article)

Vujadinović S.* , Šabić D. , Stojković S. , Milinčić M.
  • a Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, Belgrade, Serbia
  • b Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, Belgrade, Serbia
  • c Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, Belgrade, Serbia
  • d Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

The paper represents project results of a multi-year long research on the problem of refugees. First, we started from the fact that although the number of refugees in Serbia is decreasing, their social status has been bad for years and the qualitative changes are slow. We tried to answer the question relating to the changes in number and quality of collective centres. Secondly, we analyzed the relationship between refugees and domestic population. We confirmed the hypothesis that refugees from Croatia and Bosnia after years of living in Serbia hope to integrate their community into the host society. Thirdly, there is no doubt that repatriation in Croatia and Bosnia is the most acceptable solution for the majority of refugees, but it is not the realistic solution due to security issues, property security and full-time employment in the places of their origin.

Author Keywords

Socio-economic status Future Serbia Refugees Host society

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-80052060467&doi=10.3176%2ftr.2011.3.02&partnerID=40&md5=595e939ec61ec945abe668810b377c6e
DOI: 10.3176/tr.2011.3.02
ISSN: 14060922
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English