Page "History of Croatia" Paragraph 61

Armed conflict in Croatia remained intermittent and mostly on a small scale until 1995.

In early August, Croatia embarked on Operation Storm.

The Croatian attack quickly reconquered most of the territories from the Republic of Serbian Krajina authorities, leading to a mass exodus of the Serbian population.

An estimated 90, 000 – 350, 000 Serbs fled shortly before, during and after the operation.

As a result of this operation, a few months later the Bosnian war ended with the negotiation of the Dayton Agreement.

A peaceful integration of the remaining Serbian-controlled territories in eastern Slavonia was completed in 1998 under UN supervision.

The majority of the Serbs who fled from the former Krajina have not returned due to fears of ethnic violence, discrimination and property repossession problems, and the Croatian government has yet to achieve the conditions for full reintegration.

According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, around 125, 000 ethnic Serbs who fled the 1991 – 1995 conflict are registered as having returned to Croatia, of whom around 55, 000 remain permanently.