Bosnian diaspora

The Bosnian diaspora consists of Bosnian emigrants of all ethnicities and their descendants in countries such as the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Australia and elsewhere. There are an estimated 2,000,000 Bosnians living outside Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1]

Causes

The Bosnian diaspora was the consequence of either voluntary departure, coercion and/or forced migrations or expulsions that occurred on several occasions since the 1870s:

In the late 19th century to the east and west caused by the invading forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
In the early 20th century between the two wars, Bosnians moved to the east and west. They fled to Turkey, Austria, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, United States, and Canada. This occurred mostly during the Second World War.
The Bosnian War in the early 1990s (from 1992 to 1995). Many Bosnian refugees sought asylum in Western Europe and Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), (Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, and the non-EU nations of Norway and Switzerland.)

References

↑ "BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MIGRATION PROFILE" (PDF). Ministry of Security of Bosnia and Herzegovina. March 2010.

European diasporas

Central Europe	Czechs Germans Hungarians Poles Kashubians Slovaks Slovenes Swiss

Eastern Europe	Armenians⁵ Azerbaijanis³ Belarusians Georgians³ Moldovans Russians¹ Chechens¹ Ukrainians

Northern Europe	British English Scottish Welsh Cornish Danes Estonians Finns Icelanders Irish Latvian Lithuanians Norwegians Sami Swedes

Southeast Europe	Albanians Kosovar Bosnians Bulgarians Croats Greeks Greek Cypriots⁵ Macedonians Romanians Serbs Turkish² Turkish Cypriots⁵

Southern Europe	Italians Maltese Portuguese Spaniards Basques Isleño

Western Europe	Belgians Flanders Dutch French Basques

¹ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ² Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ³ Azerbaijan and Georgia are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁴ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁵ Armenia and Cyprus(Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe.

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