UNHCR: Socioeconomic Vulnerabilities of Former Yugoslav Refugees and the Way Forward

At its peak in 1999, over 120,000 displaced persons found refuge in Montenegro. While the majority returned to their homes, some 12,500 individuals remained in Montenegro. Most of them regulated their legal status by progressively obtaining the permit of foreigner with permanent residence in Montenegro, which replaced their previously granted status of displaced persons (refugees from the conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia between 1992 and 1995) or internally displaced persons (persons displaced due to the conflict in Kosovo in 1998–1999).