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Restoring Diversity after War and Displacement? Lessons from Refugee Returns in Post-Yugoslavia

Release Date

2026-08

Language

  • English

Topics

  • Migration and Forced Displacement

Houses can be rebuilt. Restoring homes is another matter entirely. Massive international efforts to support refugee returns to post-Yugoslavia failed to rebuild social relations between communities. Much more than incentives for return, displaced people need conditions that allow them to rebuild their lives, social relations and futures. 

This is a search for lessons learned.

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https://doi.org/10.60638/yp8f-q429
@techreport{VollmerSchmitz-Pranghe2026, author = "Ruth Vollmer and Clara Schmitz-Pranghe", title = "Restoring Diversity after War and Displacement? Lessons from Refugee Returns in Post-Yugoslavia", latexTitle = "Restoring Diversity after War and Displacement? Lessons from Refugee Returns in Post-Yugoslavia", publisher = "bicc", institution = "bicc", type = "BICC report", year = "2026", address = "Bonn", }

Document-Type

BICC report

DOI

https://doi.org/10.60638/yp8f-q429

Publisher

bicc

Place

Bonn