In the past few years we have been witnessing an increasing number of cross-border migrations on a global level. Speaking of migrations and reasons that lead to them, the area of those migrations which are forced nature is particulary sensitive. Refugees, that is to say, a persons who have from certain reasons emphasized in Convention on legal status been forced to leave their home country as consequence of various threts, have been on the rise on an international scale for several years. Croatia is no exception, an the country is faced with an increasing number of refugees seeking asylum. This includes international protection seekers who seek security in Croatia as a host country. Their position in society is often described as „precarious“, mostly as a result of not receiving finality to their asylum application. The queston raised of how the population of international protection seekers live in Croatia, and what the extant of their rights and insured services are, will be explored in this reasrch paper viewed in part through the expiriences of proffesional working alongside them. Trauma, difficult life stories are some of the indispensabel areas these people face before their arrival, and the challenges they face on a daily basis call into question sensitivity to their specific needs and respect for their human rights.