Bošnjačka zajednica u Sloveniji
Bosniaks Community in Slovenia

Summary/Abstract: The mass immigration of Bosniaks in Slovenia has begun in mid-last century, where people mostly came from poor rural areas of north-western and north-eastern Bosnia. Bosniaks in Slovenia, in addition to Serbs and Croats are the dominant immigrant communities, according to the census from 2002 and here are about two percent of the population (if one adds to them and those who identify themselves as Muslims or Bosnians). Most of these people here have Slovenian citizenship, but there is a large group of those who migrated in the last few years here and staying in thanks to work visas. Bosniaks in Slovenia, as well as other immigrant communities, are not recognized as a minority. In Slovenia there are not additional schools of Bosnian language, Bosniaks as a community practically are not present in the Slovenian public media, in political terms they do not have their representatives in parliament, and preserving and development of the parent culture is reduced to the volunteer work of cultural associations. On the plight of the community constantly warns Bosniaks Cultural Association of Slovenia (BKSS), the umbrella organization of the Bosniak cultural associations in Slovenia. In communication with government bodies, BKSS is trying to look for better and systematic solutions that would suit the needs of Bosniaks community here. All the enumerated deficiencies, which facilitate the assimilation of Bosniaks, reduce the physical proximity of Bosnia, due to the contacts with the parent culture, language and media is relatively easy and frequent. Bosniaks, who had just recently moved to Slovenia and staying here on temporary work visas, as the biggest problems facing, they have pointed out inadequate government policies related to their position. Namely, there is too much workers dependence on their employer, and the others often use that dependence for their profit at the expense of workers.

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