"Even the children who came here at a very young age are practically Irish," says Mr Haris Bijedic. "They are integrated."
He is spokesman for the Bosnian Community Development Project, one of the bodies represented on the Clann Housing Association's board which brought out a report, From Bosnia to Ireland's Private Rented Sector.
The chances of going home seem to have been dashed for the many Bosnian families from what is now the Serb-dominated Republika Srpska (the old Bosnia-Herzegovina is now made up of Republika Srpska and the Muslim/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Most older people still expect to go back - but the children would not necessarily feel the same way, he acknowledged, and the report identifies a strong desire by Bosnians to integrate with the Irish population.
Most of the people surveyed did not want to be "ghettoised" and wanted to be housed among Irish people. Exceptions were older people, those whose English was poor, and one-parent families, who preferred living near other Bosnians.
The report says "77 per cent of households surveyed had regular communication with their [Irish] neighbours. While the degree of communication was hindered in some cases due to poor language skills, levels of communication were nonetheless high."
But in Dublin 15, which includes Blanchardstown, Clonsilla and Mulhuddart, where a large proportion of Bosnian refugees live, there is substantially less communication with Irish neighbours.
"Integration in neighbourhoods with fewer Bosnians therefore seems to lead to increased contact with Irish neighbours, and is one aspect of integration which should be borne in mind when planning a housing response," it says.
Some householders mentioned experiences of racism where they lived, it says, and a minority of householders believed they had been subjected to a degree of discrimination when seeking accommodation.
Also acting against integration are the pressures on low-income families living in private rented housing. Rent increases which they are unable to meet, even with a rent allowance, mean moving from area to area, taking children out of schools which they have just had time to settle into, and starting all over again.