Causes of Displacement
During the period of Croatia fight for independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 around 900,000 Croats were both internally displaced and became refugees fleeing the country.
Ethnic tension spiked and led to a war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. This war caused around 403,000 refugees arriving in the newly established Croatia.
Another 200,000 - 300,000 Serbians left Croatia after a military coup in 1995. This caused 130,000 Croats to leave Bosnia and Herzegovina headed towards Croatia.
Conditions
Aid
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is the UN refugee agency that provided some of the greatest aid. They provided more than one billion U.S. dollars and one million tons of humanitarian supplies and food during the War of 1991-1995. This ultimately saved many people from death.
Relief for the families and victims came from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). They help victims of the Civil War have a voice and justice for their suffering. There are still people unaccounted for but the ICTY is still working on resolving war crimes and establishing punishments for the guilty.
Despite the efforts of the UNHCR, more than 120,000 people died during the war. Bosniaks and Croats made up the majority of the victims. Two million individuals out of the four million population in Croatia sought refuge in the neighboring country of Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Borgen Project)
Relief for the families and victims came from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). They help victims of the Civil War have a voice and justice for their suffering. There are still people unaccounted for but the ICTY is still working on resolving war crimes and establishing punishments for the guilty.
Despite the efforts of the UNHCR, more than 120,000 people died during the war. Bosniaks and Croats made up the majority of the victims. Two million individuals out of the four million population in Croatia sought refuge in the neighboring country of Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Borgen Project)