User talk:Zoupan/Croatian Serbs in Serbia
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There is a large community of Croatian Serbs in Serbia, mainly stemming from Serb refugees that settled Serbia during and after the Croatian War (1991–95), notably during the Operation Storm (4–7 August 1995). There had earlier been state-organized colonization programs of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, mainly in Vojvodina, and during the expulsion of Serbs by the Ustaše regime in the Independent State of Croatia (1941–45).
Some 350,000 Serbs were resettled in Serbia during and after the Croatian War, of which the larger part took Serbian citizenship.[1] In 2002, there were 284.334 Serbs from Croatia living in Serbia (without Kosovo). The majority lived in Vojvodina (127.884), then in Central and South Serbia (114.434). The largest part of the community stated that they wanted integration (60,6%), while only 4,3% wanted to return, while there were 27,4% who were undecided.[2] In 2013, ca. 45,000 from Croatia still had refugee status in Serbia.[1][3]