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Refugees in Serbia – Twenty Years Later
Refugees in Serbia – Twenty Years Later

Author(s): Marko Filipović, Vlasta Kokotović Kanazir
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Demography and human biology, Migration Studies
Published by: Географски институт »Јован Цвијић« САНУ
Keywords: refugees; territorial distribution; natural movement; Serbia;

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the problem of refugees, twenty years after their settling to Serbia. According to population Census 2011, the share of refugees in total population is 1.04%.The most significant contribution of the refugee contigent are reflecting in quantitative terms (increasing of population). The paper represents the scope and territorial distribution of refugees, some of the demographic components were analyzed, including influence of refugee migrations on demographic increase of Serbian population. Changes were anlyzed on the municipality levels in Serbia, according to avaliable data for time period 1996-2011. Contribution of refugees to migrations are undoubted. Analyze confirmed that refugee contigent is no different then domicil population in demographics and other characteristics.

  • Issue Year: 63/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-33
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English