The war displaced some 2.2m, of whom 1.2m are believed to have gone abroad.

ECONOMIST: Bosnia ten years on

The official line is that a lot more Britons than previously realised, mainly young men, have gone abroad and not come back.

ECONOMIST: Holes in the census

It is hoped robots such as Baxter can help to bring manufacturing back to the US, much of which has gone abroad to countries where labour is cheap.

BBC: Baxter the robot

More than 50 reformed fighters have already gone abroad.

ECONOMIST: Is as hard as it sounds

Gerald, from Essex, whose wife had gone abroad with his daughter, said: "The problem is the stereotype that the male is the aggressive one - in reality it's not so, " he said.

BBC: Rapid rise in global family disputes

Abroad, things have gone even worse.

ECONOMIST: Carlsberg