Local Integration Policy of Migrants in Croatia: In Search of Coherence and Capacity

History have endowed Croatia with historical experience of multi-ethnicity, multi-confessionalism, and multi-culturalism. This experience is a favourable condition for well-designed and friendly integration policy of migrants. However, frequent political changes, conflicts, and wars in this part of Europe indicate that previous attempts to build a society tolerant to diversity might be unsuccessful. The relatively low number of immigrants directed the integration policy mainly at the refugee population. As Croatia is a heavily centralised country, formulation and implementation of integration policy is mainly done at the central level, while local and regional self-governments have few competences.