Profile of Migration and Remittances: Croatia June 2012 This profile of migration and in Croatia, as well as similar profiles for EU 10 and Western Balkan countries, attempts to provide consistent and reliable estimates of migration and. The profile also provides information on regulations on migration and. The goal of this profile is to promote improvement in data collection, monitoring of migration and remittance trends, as well as to inform policy makers and other stakeholders working on migration and. This profile will be updated annually using all available national and international sources. This country profile covers the following areas: (1) Migration stocks and flows (2) Remittances flows and channels (3) Regulations pertaining to migration and 1
(1) Migration stocks and flows Emigrant Stocks Table 1: Number of emigrants in 2010 (thousands) Destination Emigrant stock EU Austria 52.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.7 France 32.6 Germany 359.4 Italy 27.7 Slovenia 26.1 Switzerland 27.1 Other Australia 74.1 Canada 45.7 United States 46.5 Other countries 31.2 Total 753.5 Note: Data is for foreign born population in the destination country. Foreign nationality data is used where this data is not available. Source: Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 Table 2: Stock of Croatian emigrants by destination and by educational attainment, 2000 (persons) Destination Low Medium High Total America 24,107 24,247 47,631 95,985 Europe (including EU15) 215,148 79,356 38,895 333,399 EU15 208,834 59,656 34,522 303,012 Asia and Oceania 20,705 17,803 11,816 50,324 Note: Low primary or 0 8 years of education; Medium secondary or 9 12 years of education; High tertiary or 13 years or more of education. This data is for migrants of age 25+ in most cases. Source: Docquier, Frédéric and Abdeslam Marfouk, International Migration by Educational Attainment Release 1.1. March 2005. Table 3: Emigration of Physicians, stocks Year Number of physician emigrants Number of physicians in Croatia Medical Brain Drain 1991 485 8,766 5.2% 1992 509 8,829 5.4% 2
1993 532 9,412 5.3% 1994 553 9,352 5.6% 1995 577 9,507 5.7% 1996 597 10,102 5.6% 1997 599 10,325 5.5% 1998 661 10,296 6.0% 1999 688 10,700 6.0% 2000 707 10,436 6.3% 2001 715 10,540 6.4% 2002 730 10,540 6.5% 2003 752 10,551 6.7% 2004 762 10,551 6.7% Source: Bhargava, Alok, Frédéric Docquier and Yasser Moullan. Revised panel data set on physician emigration (1991 2004). February 2010. Immigrant Stocks Table 4: Immigrant stock in 2010 (foreign nationals, thousands) Destination Emigrant stock EU Austria 1.8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 532.5 Germany 9.6 Italy 2.0 Macedonia, FYR 12.0 Slovenia 25.6 Other United States 1 Other countries 115.3 Total 699.9 Source: Migration and Remittances Factbook 2011 Table 5: Immigrant stock in 1999 by gender and age group (foreign born, thousands) Age Group Male Female Total 00 00 111 115 226 01 04 2,064 1,977 4,041 05 09 7,02 6,647 13,667 10 14 12,843 12,399 25,242 15 19 14,195 13,597 27,792 20 24 15,461 16,114 31,575 25 29 18,33 21,655 39,985 30 34 23,214 26,536 49,75 3
35 39 27,735 31,483 59,218 40 44 29,236 32,169 61,405 45 49 28,251 30,59 58,841 50 54 24,336 26,72 51,056 55 59 19,507 20,935 40,442 60 64 24,114 25,301 49,415 65 69 19,561 21,71 41,271 70 74 12,647 17,13 29,777 75 79 5,831 11,481 17,312 80+ 3,386 8,461 11,847 Total 292,033 329,667 621,700 Source: Croatia Census 2001 via UN Global Migration Database. Migration flows Table 6: Flows of international migrants, persons Immigrants Emigrants Age group 2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010 0 4 709 664 442 185 122 83 114 234 5 9 727 617 428 211 149 123 177 363 10 14 708 643 419 238 161 167 180 333 15 19 1,315 1,358 893 500 613 479 528 579 20 24 2,032 2,051 1,177 660 764 700 947 807 25 29 1,620 1,713 864 613 942 840 993 946 30 34 1,323 1,363 693 414 764 730 932 816 35 39 1,096 1,127 595 356 711 633 824 807 40 44 1,040 1,005 601 309 640 538 748 809 45 49 928 911 478 305 580 429 657 646 50 54 795 756 433 259 618 394 627 612 55 59 689 650 363 244 548 395 688 638 60 64 590 580 342 227 459 375 638 649 65 69 488 510 320 204 623 495 556 519 70 74 311 313 205 123 638 540 567 518 75 and over 251 280 215 137 670 567 764 584 Total 14,622 14,541 8,468 4,985 9,002 7,488 9,940 9,860 Source: Statistical Office of Croatia, http://www.dzs.hr/default_e.htm, International migration of population in Croatia, http://www.dzs.hr/default_e.htm Refugee population Table 7: Refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons Country of asylum: Croatia Country of origin: Croatia 4
Refugees 782 62,649 People in refugee like situations 42 Total refugees and people in refugee like situations 824 62,649 Asylum seekers (pending cases) 235 739 Returned refugees 439 439 IDPs protected/ assisted by UNHCR, incl. people in IDP like situations Returned IDPs 67 67 Stateless persons 1,720 Various 21,016 21,508 Total population of concern 24,301 85,402 Source: UNHCR 2011 Global Trends (2) Remittance flows and channels Remittance flows Table 8: Quarterly remittance flows (BPM5 Framework)* Inflows Outflows (US $, millions) Workers' Compensation of employees Migrants' transfers Migrant Workers' Compensation of employees Migrants' transfers Migrant 2008 Q1 65.6 206.4 11.9 283.8 25.8 10.5 5.0 41.3 2008 Q2 130.1 230.5 19.9 380.6 32.2 14.0 2.3 48.5 2008 Q3 82.2 224.7 13.7 320.5 34.0 13.6 4.4 52.1 2008 Q4 75.5 218.9 12.3 306.7 33.4 14.0 4.8 52.2 2009 Q1 58.9 202.3 7.2 268.4 25.3 11.6 1.2 38.1 2009 Q2 96.1 216.9 17.0 330.0 29.2 13.3 2.2 44.7 2009 Q3 86.9 216.4 12.8 316.1 29.7 13.2 1.4 44.3 2009 Q4 95.7 235.0 25.4 356.1 30.8 14.2 2.2 47.2 2010 Q1 87.1 208.0 20.1 315.2 23.6 11.5 0.5 35.7 2010 Q2 94.0 208.9 19.6 322.5 23.3 11.9 0.7 35.9 2010 Q3 77.4 216.9 21.1 315.4 24.0 12.0 2.3 38.4 2010 Q4 83.9 235.2 15.2 334.3 26.1 12.7 18.2 57.0 2011 Q1 93.2 222.7 0.0 315.9 24.0 12.5 0.0 36.5 2011 Q2 111.9 256.6 0.0 368.5 25.8 13.2 0.0 39.1 2011 Q3 107.4 249.5 0.0 356.9 27.8 13.9 0.0 41.7 2011 Q4 96.5 240.7 0.0 337.1 28.0 13.9 0.0 41.9 Source: IMF Balance of Payments Database * BPM5: The sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, 5
the Manual) published in 1993 serves as the standard framework for statistics on the transactions and positions between an economy and the rest of the world. Table 9: Annual remittance flows (BPM5 Framework)* Inflows (US $, millions) Outflows Workers' Compensation of employees Migrants' transfers Migrant Workers' Compensation of employees Migrants' transfers Migrant 2000 534.4 82.7 24.2 641.3 27.3 13.1 3.6 43.9 2001 583.0 140.7 23.3 747.0 29.1 12.8 4.6 46.5 2002 230.8 177.1 30.8 438.7 41.4 18.5 6.8 66.7 2003 228.8 246.8 41.0 516.6 48.4 38.4 11.7 98.5 2004 293.9 333.5 37.3 664.7 48.4 42.6 8.9 99.9 2005 333.6 359.2 18.5 711.3 59.6 36.3 4.6 100.4 2006 314.3 510.5 34.1 858.9 78.7 39.0 208.3 326.0 2007 410.9 724.5 58.9 1,194.3 108.2 46.1 8.4 162.7 2008 353.4 880.5 57.8 1,291.7 125.5 52.0 16.6 194.1 2009 337.6 870.5 62.5 1,270.6 115.0 52.4 6.9 174.2 2010 342.4 869.1 75.9 1,287.4 97.0 48.1 21.8 166.9 2011 409.0 969.4 0.0 1,378.4 105.7 53.5 0.0 159.2 Source: IMF Balance of Payments Database * BPM5: The sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, the Manual) published in 1993 serves as the standard framework for statistics on the transactions and positions between an economy and the rest of the world. Table 10: Annual remittance flows (BPM6 Framework)* Inflows Outflows Compensation of employees Personal transfers o.w. Workers Personal Total Total and transfers Note: This section is currently blank but will be filled when BPM6 is implemented in Croatia * BPM6: The sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6, the Manual) published in 2007 serves as the standard framework for statistics on the transactions and positions between an economy and the rest of the world. Channels of flows providers Information flows through commercial banks, post offices, savings cooperatives, microfinance institutions, mobile money transfers is currently unavailable. Remittance costs 6
Table 11: Cost of sending to Croatia from Germany (percent) Amount sent=> $200 $500 2008 21.22 7.13 Q1 2009 14.89 8.2 Q3 2009 16.09 6.92 Q1 2010 15.34 8.17 Q3 2010 18.26 11.6 Q1 2011 14.11 7.99 Q3 2011 15.18 7.57 Q1 2012 14.14 6.61 Source: World Bank Remittance Price Database (3) Regulations pertaining to migration and Table 12: Regulations pertaining to migration Immigration topic Regulation Institutions responsible for immigration Immigration regulations and laws Ministry of Interior (MOI) (www.mup.hr); Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (www.mfa.hr); Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship etc Migration Policy, The Law on Asylum Immigration quotas by nationality of origin Types of visas available for immigrants Types of occupations in which immigrants are allowed Yes Emigration topic Institutions responsible for emigration Regulation 7
Restrictions on emigration Cost of passports and visas Dual citizenship yes Table 13: Regulations pertaining to Remittances topic Regulation Institutions responsible for monitoring and CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK, regulating http://www.hnb.hr/eindex.htm Types of private sector firms allowed to perform inward and outward remittance transactions Money transfer firms (Western Union, MoneyGram, etc) Reporting requirement for data Reporting requirements exist but are different by type of by commercial banks and other types of provider. remittance service providers Restrictions on inward/outward transfers No restrictions Anti money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML CFT) requirements ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST FINANCING, 15 May 2012 8