Immigration to Serbia is the entry of people for permanent residence in the

Republic of Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

. Based on the

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report ''Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision'', Serbia had an immigrant population of 532,457 (5.6%). Most immigrants in the country are from elsewhere in the

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. Many Bosnian and

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came to Serbia as refugees during the

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of the 1990s. Serbia is also home to smaller numbers of immigrants from various other countries. Regarding the

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, Serbia is part of the major transit route in the

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Notable people

Arkady Vyatchanin Arkady Arkadyevich Vyatchanin (russian: Аркадий Аркадьевич Вятча́нин, sr-Cyrl, Аркадиј Аркадјевич Вјатчањин; born 4 April 1984) is a retired Russian, Serbian and American backstroke swimmer. H ...

(born 1984), swimmer, from Russia * Amjad Migati (born 1951), politician, from Jordan * Arno Gujon (born 1985), humanitarian, from France *

Timothy John Byford Timothy John Byford ( sr, Тимоти Џон Бајфорд/Timoti Džon Bajford; 25 July 1941 – 5 May 2014) was an author, film director, translator, and educator. Byford was born in England, but spent most of his life in Belgrade. He became ...

(1941–2014), film director, from England *

George Ostrogorsky Georgiy Aleksandrovich Ostrogorskiy (russian: Георгий Александрович Острогорский; 19 January 1902 – 24 October 1976), known in Serbian as Georgije Aleksandrovič Ostrogorski ( sr-Cyrl, Георгије Алекс� ...

(1902–1976), historian, from Russia *

Francis Mackenzie Francis MacKenzie (born May 7, 1960) is a former leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. He won the leadership for the party on October 23, 2004. Early life Following graduation from St. Francis Xavier University in 1982, MacKenzie worked in On ...

(1833–1895), Protestant missionary, from Scotland *

Flora Sandes Flora Sandes (, 22 January 1876 – 24 November 1956) was a British woman who served as a member of the Royal Serbian Army in World War I. She was the only British woman officially to serve as a soldier in that war. Initially a St. John Ambula ...

(1876–1956), nurse and soldier, from England *

Emil Hájek Emil Hájek, sr, Емил Хајек, Emil Hajek, russian: Эми́ль Яросла́вович Га́ек (March 3, 1886, Königgrätz ( cs, Hradec Králové, north-east Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary March 17, 1974, in Belgrade, SR Serb ...

(1886–1974), pianist and composer, from Austria-Hungary *

Igor Youskevitch Igor Youskevitch (russian: link=no, Игорь Юскевич, uk, Ігор Юскевич) (13 March 1912 – 13 June 1994) was a ballet dancer and a choreographer of Russian-Ukrainian origin, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers ...

(1912–1994), dancer, from Russia *

Archibald Reiss Rodolphe Archibald Reiss (8 July 1875 – 7 August 1929) was a German–Swiss criminology-pioneer, forensic scientist, professor and writer. Early life and studies The Reiss family was in agriculture and winemaking. Archibald was the eighth o ...

(1875–1929), criminologist, from Germany * (1811–1875), entrepreneur, from Bohemia * (1839–1902), merchant and industrialist, from Bohemia * (1847–1922), musician, from Bohemia * Jovan Valenta (1826–1887), physician, from Prague * (1811–1900), military, from France * (1814–1887), publisher, from Bohemia * Maria Fjodorovna Zibold (1849–1939), physician, from Russia *Original name in Czech is Miloš Eckert (1890–1967), footballer, from Prague *

Alois Machek Alois Machek (known in Serbian as Alojz Mahek/Алојз Махек) was a Czech football player and coach. Considered by Czech historiographers as one of the best Czech players prior First World War,

(1895–19xx), footballer, from Hradec Králové *

František Zach František Zach (; sr, Франтишек Зах/František Zah; 1 May 1807 – 14 January 1892), known as Franjo Zah (Фрањо Зах), was a Czech-born soldier and military theorist, best known for his service to the Principality of Serbia, ...

(1807–1892), military, from Moravia * (1839–1924), statistician, from Bohemia * (1820–1884), physician, from Bohemia * Eduard Mihel (1864–1915), physician, from Bohemia * Jara Ribnikar (1912–2007), Partisan and writer * (1859–1911), compositor, from Bohemia * (1879–1969), actress, from Bohemia * Vladislav Titelbah (1847–1925), painter, from Bohemia * Eva Haljecka Petković (1870–1947), physician, from Poland * (1815–1893), physician, from Galicia *

Nina Kirsanova Nina Kirsanova (1898 – 3 February 1989) was one of the most important ballet artists in Belgrade, who distinguished herself as a lead principal dancer, choreographer, head of ballet and ballet teacher. She also spent time as a nurse, archaeologi ...

(1898–1989), dancer, from Russia

References

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