Pregledni rad
Croatian Politics and Displaced Persons
Ivan Grdešić
; Fakultet političkih znanosti Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
One of the most difficult results of the Serb aggression against the Republic of Croatia and against Bosnia-Herzegovina had been a very large number of displaced persons and refugees. Over a million persons have found shelter and protection in Croatia. Such a large number of persons forcefully expelled from their homes required immediate organisation of their life needs and thus caused various juridical, political, military and economical effects in the political life of Croatia. The displacee-refugee problem had multifaceted effects: political (internal and external), economical, social, ethnic, military, etc. The paper describes and analyses the policy of response to this great problem – the creation of institutional abilities, the functioning of various actors and their political priorities. Three traditional possibilities of resolving the displacee crisis are examined: transfer to third countries, local integration and voluntary return. Only the last possibility brings about a just and permanent solution, but due to political and military reasons it cannot be completely implemented. Therefore institutions and actors in the field of displacee and refugee policy often transfer their activity to the sphere of symbolic action, secondary goals and to solving the problems of a long-term displacee status.
Ključne riječi
displaced persons; politics; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
127101
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.6.1994.
Posjeta: 1.454 *