AIM To estimate the frequency, type, and severity of psychological trauma among Bosnian refugee adolescents during the process of repatriation after the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. METHODS A sample of 239 pupils (120 girls and 119 boys), with a mean age (+/-standard deviation) of 15.2+/-2.1 years were assessed for war traumatic events, acculturation and repatriation maladjustment...

BACKGROUND Many refugees live for years in exile. The combination of stress in the host country, together with long-term effects resulting from traumatic stress usually experienced in the home country may affect mental health. Little is known, to what extent these and other factors promote or stall the willingness to return to the country of origin. Here, we investigate, as an example, refugees...

Exile ecumenism arose unintentionally as part of cooperation on secular projects the exile community and was thus saved by ecclesiastical self­-centeredness. Ecumenical meetings, dealing with strictly controversial theological topics, remained episodic. The issue common resistance Catholic evangelical Christians in socialist Czechoslovakia human rights freedoms general held an important place.

Within the framework of Seminar ”Romanian Exile and Migration: Cultural Representations in Europe”, aim this work is to illustrate, through diaries Mircea Eliade, reasons circumstances which Romanian writer historian religions leaves his country, different stages destinations exile, literary scientific contributions made by him context, as well reflections that author makes about own situation ...