Yugoslavia: Information on the forcible recruitment of Serbs from the Krajina region of Croatia into the army of the "Republic of Serbian Krajina" (RSK)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | YUG17513.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yugoslavia: Information on the forcible recruitment of Serbs from the Krajina region of Croatia into the army of the "Republic of Serbian Krajina" (RSK), 1 May 1994, YUG17513.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acaba0.html [accessed 2 June 2023] |
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In early February 1993 the RSK initiated a recruitment drive among "60,000 able bodied men from Krajina" who were refugees in Yugoslavia (Reuters 9 Feb. 1993). A member of the Serbian Radical Party subsequently told a journalist for The Guardian that his party was rounding up refugees from Krajina and sending them back to serve in the RSK armed forces (17 Feb. 1993).
More recently there have been reports of forced recruitments of refugees in Yugoslavia into other armed forces, including the the Yugoslav army, Serbian paramilitary groups and the armed forces of the "Republic of Srpska" (the Bosnian Serb army) (Tanjug Domestic Service 7 Feb. 1994; UPI 1 Feb. 1994).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
The Guardian [London]. 17 February 1993. Yigal Chazan. "Krajina Rebels Draft Refugees." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 9 February 1993. "Krajina Serbs Mobilising Its Men in Yugoslavia." (NEXIS)
Tanjug Domestic Service [Belgrade, in Serbo-Croatian]. 7 February 1994. "Government Denies Mobilizing Refugees." (FBIS-EEU-94-025 7 Feb. 1994, pp. 44-45)
The United Press International (UPI). 1 February 1994. BC Cycle. "U.N. Says Serbia, Ethnic Serb Militias Drafting Refugees." (DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa], 1-7 Feb. 1994, Vol. 7, No. 6)
Attachments
The Guardian [London]. 17 February 1993. Yigal Chazan. "Krajina Rebels Draft Refugees." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 9 February 1993. "Krajina Serbs Mobilising Its Men in Yugoslavia." (NEXIS)
Tanjug Domestic Service [Belgrade, in Serbo-Croatian]. 7 February 1994. "Government Denies Mobilizing Refugees." (FBIS-EEU-94-025 7 Feb. 1994, pp. 44-45)
The United Press International (UPI). 1 February 1994. BC Cycle. "U.N. Says Serbia, Ethnic Serb Militias Drafting Refugees." (DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa], 1-7 Feb. 1994, Vol. 7, No. 6)
