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Emigration from Croatia to America within the Process of European Migration
Ivan ČIZMIĆ
Sažetak
The migration of the Croats to America forms a substantial
part of the European migration process towards the new
continent. Massive and continuous emigration of the Croat
people deserves a special explanation of its traits linking it
with the general flow of other Europeans who also
emigrated, together with a specification regarding Croatian
emigrants and their migration from Croatia. Firstly, it is
necessary to define what is meant by ’emigrant’ and
’immigrant’ before applying this to the experiences of the
Croats and Croatia. Emigration has numerous
consequences both for the country of emigration and the
country of immigration. For the most part, relationships are
formed because of immigration. This relates particularly to
questions of status where emigrants and immigrants are
concerned. The economic, social, and political
consequences of emigration and immigration directly
influence the defining of emigration policy among the
countries involved. Croatia, as in other European countries,
has regulated the question of status where its emigrants are
concerned through its legislature, and has also defined the
notion of ’emigrant’. This was first accomplished at the time
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as well as later during the
time of former Yugoslavia. The Croatian community was
greatly involved due to the emigration of hundreds of
thousands of its citizens to various regions of the world.
Croat politicians, men of science, and civic leaders occupied
themselves greatly with the emigration question as an
important national problem. One particular difficulty in
solving numerous emigration problems was caused by the
fact that Croats, in past years, did not have their own
nation.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
20707
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.1.1998.
Posjeta: 6.321 *