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Socio-demographic consequences of forced migrations - case study od Kostajnica region (Zrinska gora mountain, Croatia)

According to actual administrative-territorial division, Kostajnica region (Croatia) consists of three administrative units situated in the north-east slopes of Zrinska Gora: Hrvatska Kostajnica, Majur and Donji Kukuruzari. War and occupation of Kostajnica region between 1991 and 1995 as well as the war conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina influenced forced migrations of population: emigration and partial return of the Serbs and in-migration of Bosnian Croats. Alongside the decline of population this migrations influenced the decline of native population, also they changed ethnical structure as well as the numerous dynamic- structural consequences. In this paper we will research socio-demographic consequences of forced migrations with the emphasis on the age, educational and economic structure of the population. It is determined that there are differences according to the individual socio- demographic characteristics of the settlements with majority of native population (Croatian or Serbian) and settlements which has high proportion of in-migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina (mostly Croats refugees during the 1990s).

forced migration ; native population ; in-migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina ; socio-demographic characteristcs ; Kostajnica region (Croatia)

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