The company hired refugees from the war in Yugoslavia - Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian immigrants - who now make up about 7 percent of the work force.

THE willingness of Bosnian immigrants to work hard at two or even three jobs is becoming legendary among local employers.

Another song off of the album - "Čaršija", is considered the anthem of Bosnian immigrants.

Bosnian immigrants have already started a trucking company and dozens of Bosnian restaurants, shops and grocery stores, Mr. Hrdlicka, the banker, said.

Born in Bedford, England to Greek and Bosnian immigrants, he moved to London in 1988 where he studied at City University.

In 1999 she appeared in "Beautiful People," a film about Bosnian immigrants in London.

The youths see themselves as outcasts in this melting pot and among the older Bosnian immigrants and refugees, who resent them for not staying and fighting for their country.

Leona, 19, works in the nearby Bihac bar, an upscale brothel owned by Bosnian immigrants.

The arrival of a large number of Bosnian immigrants over the past several years has staunched a population loss that had been steady for more than three decades.

Bosnian immigrants now constitute about 10% of the total population of Utica.