ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - Addressing a two-day symposium on demographic trends in Croatia, demographer Drazen Zivic from the 'Ivo Pilar' institute on Thursday spoke about the impact of the Serbian aggression on the development of
Croatia's population.
ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - Addressing a two-day symposium on
demographic trends in Croatia, demographer Drazen Zivic from the
'Ivo Pilar' institute on Thursday spoke about the impact of the
Serbian aggression on the development of Croatia's population.
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Zivic said that the aggression had claimed the lives of 8,147
Croatian soldiers and 6,605 civilians, while 1,218 persons had gone
missing and their whereabouts were still unknown in January 2003.
Zivic relayed some figures of the Serb 'Veritas' agency which put
the number of Serbs who were killed or went missing at 6,222. The
demographer, however, warned that Veritas lists contained some
imprecise data or lacked data on the pre-war permanent residence of
those whom the agency listed as killed.
Commenting on the statistics referring to displaced persons and
refugees, Zivic said that in 1991 there had been 550,000 displaced
persons in Croatia, most of whom were Croats. At the same time,
150,000 people fled Croatia for third countries, he added.
According to figures based on data collected in 2003, there are now
240,000 refugees from Croatia living in Serbia-Montenegro and
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Zivic believes that there will be no more major waves of returnees.
The rest of the refugees have no intention of coming back to
Croatia, he said.
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