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"The reason I said Hungary was because I read that the NATO troops in Bosnia had orders not to let Serbs from Serbia through the border during the bombing. Maybe that was incorrect."

Yeah, but if were talking about a recent census conducted in Serbia, there were about 3 years after the bombing that Serbs could have tried to go back. About not letting Serbs into Bosnia - I heard that the Russians serving in Bosnia guarded a particular bridge from there to Serbia to prevent it from being bombed. I don't know if it was true that the Russians did that, but if it was, I'm sure they'd let Serbs across.

Well, if residents of Serbia left for BiH during or after the bombing and stayed there, they wouldn't be counted in the census -- or would they, if they retained Serbian citizenship? Hmm. Maybe Kosta knows.

If they were refugees from BiH or Croatia who went back home, then they wouldn't be counted either, I suppose. That's why I used the UNHCR December 2001 figures to estimate the number of refugees still inside Serbia.

Maybe I'm missing your point about the census and not understanding something.