Original scientific paper
External Migration and the Naturalization of Migrants from Croatia (a War Perspective)
Josip Anić
; Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The indefiniteness and uncertainty of employment abroad, officially labelled with the euphemism “temporary”, by postponing return to the homeland for many years, leads to permanency and to the taking of foreign citizenship (naturalisation). Various factors contribute to this process, first of all, unsatisfactory economic and social development in the homeland, and on the other hand the achievement of a high standard of living, reunion of families and the birth of children abroad. External migrants from the Republic of Croatia are merged in foreign statistics with other “Yugoslavs”, and therefore we can make assessments of this trend only on the basis of gross evaluations. However, there is good reason to assume that naturalisation of Croatian citizens is most frequent in Germany and Austria, and also in Switzerland. The war events in Croatia and their consequences might increase this process.
Keywords
external migration; naturalization; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
127427
URI
Publication date:
10.12.1991.
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