The Population of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Switzerland

Author(s) : Bashkim Iseni, Didier Ruedin, Dina Bader, Denise Efionayi-Mäder

Source : https://www.sem.admin.ch/dam/data/sem/publiservice/publikationen/diaspora/diasporastudie-bosnien-e.pdf

Abstract:

“The initiative to this research project was put forward within the framework of the migration partnership between Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter BiH) and Switzerland. At a bilateral migration dialogue in 2011, the Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina (MHRR) submitted to the inter-ministerial Migration Working Group (WGM) of the Swiss Government a project proposal entitled “Mapping of BiH Diaspora in Switzerland”. The project proposed the creation of “evidence-based policies and programmes, i.e. measures that would improve contribution of Diaspora to the development of BiH in accordance with the analysis recommendations”. The WGM welcomed the initiative and suggested a process-oriented “step-by-step” approach, including a thorough study in Switzerland of BiH’s Diaspora integration characteristics, networks and potentials for cooperation as a point of departure. Relations to the country of origin and integration towards the hosting country are closely interlinked features of a Diaspora population. Therefore, the research project looks at these two angles.”