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| Refugees from Bosnia-Hercegovina: 472,700 |
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| 198,200 in Yugoslavia |
| 66,700 in Austria |
| 50,000 in Germany |
| 52,800 in Sweden |
| 27,300 in Denmark |
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| Hundreds of thousands of Bosnians spilled into neighbouring European countries
during the bloody inter-ethnic war of 1992-95. The Bosnian Serbs, under Radovan Karadzic,
had a policy of "ethnic cleansing", forcing Bosnian Muslims and Croats out of Serb areas.
There was bitter fighting, torture and rape. Since the Dayton peace accords that ended the
war, Muslim refugees are starting to return, but 472,700 - including Serbs, Croats and Muslims - remain displaced.
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