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Yugoslavia, before the outbreak of civil war, was in many ways similar to the other countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It was also very different, however, the most important difference being that it was the only former socialist country which allowed its citizens to leave the country without any restrictions. As a South-East European country with a tradition of emigration, it has therefore played a special role in European migration over the past 30 years. Migration of Yugoslav workers to Western Europe reached its peak in 1973–4. Since the first oil crisis of 1973–4, when restrictions on the inflow of foreign workers were imposed by Western European countries, the number of Yugoslav workers has stabilised at around one million (Grecic, 1989). According to official statistics, 1,062,388 Yugoslavs were established in the European OECD countries in 1990–1. The largest number (61.6 per cent) was in the Federal Republic of Germany, followed by Switzerland (13.3 per cent), Austria (11.8 per cent) and France (4.9 per cent).
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Grecic, V. (1994). Former Yugoslavia. In: Ardittis, S. (eds) The Politics of East-West Migration. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23352-6_8
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