30.03.1998

OHR Reconstruction and Return, March 1998

RRTF: Report March 1998

An Action Plan in support of the return of refugees and displaced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

March 1998

Annex 3 – Refugees Without Durable Solution

1. By Host Country Total % Estimated Breakdown



Bosniacs Croats Serbs Others
Croatia 77 091 12,60 17 731 58 589 0 771
Fed. Rep. of Yugoslavia 249 006 40,69 0 0 248 757 249
Germany 220 000 35,95 176 000 28 600 0 15 400
Others 65 872 10,76 52 698 8 563 0 4 611
Total 611 969 100,00 246 429 95 752 248 757 21 031

Note:

  • There are some (minor) discrepancies between these figures and those resulting from refugee census conducted in FRY and Croatia.
2. By Entity/Canton of Origin Refugees abroad Already returned

Number % (Total) Number % returned
Federation Una – Sana 48 398 8,72 44 185 47,72

Posavina 11 394 2,05 12 732 52,77

Tuzla – Podrinje 38 906 7,01 15 695 28,74

Zenica – Doboj 30 430 5,48 9 596 23,97

Gorazde 4 007 0,72 4 282 51,66

Central Bosnia 24 202 4,36 9 002 27,11

Neretva 26 788 4,83 8 061 23,13

Western Herzegovina 1 492 0,27 406 21,39

Sarajevo 66 974 12,07 58 000 46,41

Western Bosnia 14 937 2,69 8 324 35,79

Unknown 14 466 2,61 2 831 16,37

Total Federation 281 994 50,83 173 114 38,04
Republika Srpska 250 842 45,21 16 125 6,04
Unknown 21 980 3,96
Total 554 816 100,00 189 239 25,43

Note:

  • Figures for refugees still abroad are estimates.

Source: UNHCR Statistics Package – 01/12/97 and UNHCR “Repatriation and Return Operation 1998”.

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