11. Minority Return or Mass Relocation?
- Publication Date:
- 05-1998
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- International Crisis Group
- Abstract:
- International organisations working to help displaced Bosnians return to their pre-war homes -- arguably the most important element of the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA) -- have declared 1998 the “year of minority returns”. Four months into the year, however, there is the distinct possibility that 1998 may instead prove to be the “year of mass relocation”. This need not be the case. The political climate in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia) has shifted in recent months and, despite major setbacks, including in Drvar, minority return success stories are already beginning to emerge. In order to turn the current trickle of minority returns into a steady flow, the lessons of past failures and successes have to be learned.
- Topic:
- Ethnic Conflict, Human Rights, Migration, Treaties and Agreements, and War
- Political Geography:
- Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Eastern Europe