The phenomenon of " ethnic cleansing " was first seen in Croatia but soon spread to Bosnia . Since the Bosnian Muslims had no immediate refuge , they were arguably the hardest hit by the ethnic violence . United Nations tried to create '' safe areas '' for Muslim populations of eastern Bosnia but in the Srebrenica massacre and elsewhere , the peacekeeping troops failed to protect the '' safe areas '' , resulting in the massacre of thousands of Muslims
Srebrenica massacre
Srebrenica massacre
Population transfer