Bosnia and Herzegovina is a leading emigrant country in Europe, and 11. worldwide when the number of evicted citizens is viewed in relation to the total population.
According to the available data from the Agency for Statistics of the Reception and Diplomatic-Consular Representatives of BiH, it is estimated that about 2.2 million people from BiH live abroad. When it is compared to the current number of inhabitants in the country (3,531,159), we come to the defeat data: almost 62% of people from BiH live out of its borders.
Of this, the exact number of people born in BiH currently living in 54 countries around the world is 1,790,597. As many as 95% of them inhabited in Europe and North America. This number does not include only those who were born in BiH, but also their children, born in the countries of admission, regardless of current citizenship.
Where do people from BiH live?
Traditionally, the main waves of emigration went towards Germany, Austria and Slovenia, which still remains the most common choice. However, in recent decades, the growth of the number of people originates from BiH in Scandinavia is noticeable – especially in Sweden, Norway and Finland – where number bh. The emigrants are continuously growing.
An interesting trend is also recorded in the United Kingdom, which was not a traditional destination for emigrants from BiH in pre-war years, but now records a significant number of new BH inhabitants. of origin.
When it comes to overocene destinations, Canada and Australia are allocated as countries that have been growing constant growth in the population of origin from BiH.
What show citizenship and status data?
The vast majority of emigrants from BiH no longer have refugees status, have already successfully integrated into reception countries. According to UNHCR from 2024. year, another 19,175 people from BiH have been registered in the world with the status of refugees, mostly in Serbia (about 40%), and in France, Switzerland and Germany.
When it comes to citizenship, 567,463 persons still have the citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, without obtaining the citizenship of another country or have dual citizenship. These data refer to 14 reception countries and do not include all countries in which the diaspora lives.
Diaspora – potential or lost resource?
The figures do not leave space for doubt: BiH has one of the most numerous diaspora compared to the population in the homeland. This also carries the challenges and opportunities – from economic impact to the role of the diaspora in political life, money transfers, investments, knowledge and cultural relationships.
But the absence of systemic care ratings, insufficient cooperation with institutions and limited returns of return or engagement of emigrants in domestic processes, they still make this large number of people often feel permanently alienated from their homeland.
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