Migration Trends and Policy Recommendations for Bosnia and Herzegovina
1. Characteristics of Migration - Destinations
Thousand
500
Migrants from Bosnia and Herzegovina
are predominantly living in a handful of
traditional OECD destination countries...
400
300
200
100
0
Top OECD destination countries of WB6 migrants
2015/16
2010/11
ITA GRC USA DEU AUT USA DEU AUT ITA DEU ITA CHE DEU USA ITA DEU AUT FRA
ALB
BIH
Source: OECD (2016), DIOC
KOS
MKD
MNE
SRB
Thousand
40
...but emigration to Central Eastern
European countries quadrupled since
2013 until the start of the pandemic.
30
50
20
10
0
2013
Number of first residence permits issued to WB6 citizens in CEE countries
2014
ALB
2015
BIH
2016
KOS
2017
MKD
2018
MNE
2019
SRB
2020
Note: CEE countries are Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia.
Source: Eurostat (2021), First permits by reason, length of validity and citizenship [MIGR_RESFIRST]
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