Success or failure of the repatriation process in the post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina: Political causes of a weak rate of return
Abstract
The contribution aims to evaluate the success of the repatriation process with an emhasis on the answer to the crucial question of what difficulties and contraints were faced by the returning refugees. The study has set as its target to analyse the complicationst (in the sphere of security, politics, society and economy as well as property) that accompanied every individual return, threatening their long-standing sustainability (e.g. success).
In fact, the overcoming of difficulties even before the onset of the repatriation process and the displaced persons's subsequent physical return cannot be considered any guarantee of the final solution to the repatriation process without the renewal of social and economic links and successful reintegration into the local community. Despite its physical implementation, a return can be only considered incomplete or afailure if there is no successful integration into the local society.