Responses to Information Requests - Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Canada.ca Services Departments Français Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Refugee Claims Refugee Appeals Admissibility Hearings Detention Reviews HomeImmigrationResearch Appeals Program Responses to Information Requests National Responses to Information Requests Documentation Packages Recent Research Responses to Information Requests (RIR) respond to focused Requests for Information that are submitted to the Research Directorate in the course of the Responses to refugee protection determination process. The database contains a seven-year Information Requests archive of English and French RIRs. Earlier RIRs may be found on the UNHCR's Refworld website. Please note that some RIRs have attachments which are not electronically accessible. To obtain a PDF copy of an RIR attachment, please email the Knowledge and Information Management Unit. 16 April 2013 HRV104385.E Croatia: Ethnic minority population distribution (2010-April 2013) Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia recognizes the following national minorities: Serbs, Czechs, Slovaks, Italians, Hungarians, Jews, Germans, Austrians, Ukrainians, Rusyns, Bosniaks, Slovenians, Montenegrins, Macedonians, Russians, Bulgarians, Poles, Roma, Romanians, Turks, Vlachs, Albanians and others who are its citizens. (Croatia 1990) According to the website of the Croatian Central Bureau of Statistics, a national population census was carried out in each of 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 and 2011 (ibid. 17 Dec. 2012). A copy of the table Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census is attached to this Response. Further information could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints of this Response. This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request. References Croatia. 17 December 2012. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. “Population by Ethnicity, 1971-2011 Census.” <http://www.dzs.hr/default_e.htm> [Accessed 8 http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454516&pls=1[4/3/2018 4:25:38 PM] Responses to Information Requests - Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Apr. 2013] _____. 1990 (amended 2010). Constitution of the Republic of Croatia. Narodne novine, No. 76/2010. Translated version from website of the Croatian Parliament. <http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?art=2405> [Accessed 10 Apr. 2013] Additional Sources Consulted Oral sources: Attempts to contact the following were unsuccessful: delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Croatia, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Ottawa. Internet sites, including: Amnesty International; Council of Europe; Croatia – Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in Ottawa, Government of the Republic of Croatia, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the UN, New York; ecoi.net; European Union – Agency for Fundamental Rights, European Commission, European Ombudsman, Eurostat; European University Institute; Factiva; Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme; Freedom House; Human Rights Watch; Minority Rights Group International; Political Handbook of the World 2012; Transitions online; United Nations – UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Refworld; United States – Department of State; Open Society Foundation. Attachment Croatia. N.d.. Central Bureau of Statistics. Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census. <http://www.dzs.hr/Eng/censuses/ census2011/results/htm/E01_01_04/e01_01_04_RH.html> [Accessed 8 Apr. 2013] Tips on how to use this search engine. Top of Page Print Date modified: 2016-01-05 Terms and Conditions Transparency About the Board News Contact Us Stay Connected Organizational Structure Latest News By email Twitter Biographies Notices Employees News Feeds Members Information Sheets Offices Quick Find Decisions Media Relations What’s New Interpreters Forms Designated representative Frequently Asked Questions Legal and Policy References Publications Research Program Statistics National Documentation Job Opportunities Packages Recent Research http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454516&pls=1[4/3/2018 4:25:38 PM] Responses to Information Requests - Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Responses to Information Requests HEALTH TRAVEL SERVICE CANADA JOBS ECONOMY Canada.ca http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454516&pls=1[4/3/2018 4:25:38 PM].