ABSTRACT
For Bosnian refugees, reintegration upon return has been particularly difficult due to a number of factors, among which divisive ethnic homogenisation politics and corruption stand out as important impediments. Both the economic and the political 'pull factors' for achieving a long-lasting return have been particularly weak in the Bosnian case, and in spite of the comprehensive return assistance by the international community and the substantial funds invested in return, it remains a highly contested matter. This chapter focuses on the psychosocial wellbeing of the migrants as being closely interlinked with or embedded in the broader socio-economic adjustment processes, and in relation to the structural environmental stresses faced. It presents the empirical findings from the research in two different sections corresponding to the overarching themes that emerged from the narrative data analysis: first, the motivations and expectations of return, and second, the impact of post-return experiences on the psychosocial wellbeing of the returnees.
