Prisilne migracije i etničke promjene u Hrvatskoj između 1991. i 2001. godine
Forced migrations and ethnic changes in Croatia between 1991 and 2001

Summary/Abstract: In the sense of migration, Croatia is an open country. In its demographic development to date, it was the destination of numerous and frequent waves of immigration but also the point of departure for currents of emigration. Migrations are, due to their size and selectivity (by age, sex, ethnic and religious affiliation and such), one of the key determinants of the development of Croatia’s population, be it in terms of overall demographic dynamics (growth/ fall in population size), or in the development of specific demographic structures (especially age-gender and ethnic). The ethnodemographic development of Croatia between 1991 and 2001 occurred primarily under the influence of forced migrations, which were directly caused by specific historical/political and social processes and territorial changes in Croatia and in its immediately surrounding area. The real expression of these processes and changes was Serbian armed aggression directed at Croatia and Bosnia and Hercegovina, which – among other things – awakened and led to various forms and directions in migrational processes, among which the phenomenon of exile and flight of Croatian population should be highlighted, as well as the emigration/depopulation of people belonging to the Serb ethnic community.

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