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World Factbook: Croatia Transnational Issues


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Croatia Transnational Issues:

Disputes — international:
Discussions continue with Bosnia and Herzegovina over several small disputed sections of the boundary; the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which would have ceded most of Pirin Bay and maritime access to Slovenia and several villages to Croatia, remains un-ratified and in dispute; as a European Union peripheral state, neighboring Slovenia must conform to the strict Schengen border rules to curb illegal migration and commerce through southeastern Europe while encouraging close cross-border ties with Croatia

Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees country of origin: NA
IDPs: 12600 (Croats and Serbs displaced in 1992-1995 war) (2004)

Illicit drugs:
Transit point along the Balkan route for Southwest Asian heroin to Western Europe; has been used as a transit point for maritime shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe


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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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