Refugees’ Economic Integration Through Social Entrepreneurship: Social Plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina

This chapter emphasizes the importance of a socioeconomic plan for refugees’ inclusion in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), as well as the challenges posed to the state-level authorities in the process of refugees’ inclusion in society and the realization of the right to social benefits and work. In this chapter, we investigate the key elements to drive the socioeconomic planning of refugees’ social inclusion, as well as of their inclusion in business processes and employment. We conducted an explorative study in a refugee camp, using questionnaires and direct interviewing of refugees to identify their needs and affinity for social inclusion through the social economy and for work in BiH. The results revealed that the views of the refugees about their desire to stay in the territory of BiH, in terms of formal needs for further existence and life in that area, differ greatly from their perception of the territory of the developed countries of the European Union (EU). They consciously and unconsciously publicly express their feelings and wishes to leave the territory of BiH with the desire for better inclusion in the communities within the EU.