Integration of Refugees from the Aegean Part of Macedonia in the “New” Homeland Cover Image

Интегрирање на бегалците од егејскиот дел на Македонија во „новaта“ татковина
Integration of Refugees from the Aegean Part of Macedonia in the “New” Homeland

Author(s): Petar Atanasov, Bojana Naumovska
Subject(s): Migration Studies
Published by: Институт за национална историја
Keywords: bežanci;egejci;children refugees;integration in Macedonian society;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of analyses of this paper will be the integration of Macedonians from Aegean part of Macedonia that in several waves in the course of 20th century settled in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and then the Peoples Republic/Socialist Republic of Macedonia. Firstly, mainly in the region of Strumica, were settled part of the Macedonians that as result of the Balkan Wars left their homes in Greece – ‘bežanci’. Then, in couple of phases, from Greece were settled Macedonians during the Second World War, as well as during and after the Civil war in Greece – ‘egejci’. The main idea of the paper is to argue that besides the cultural closeness, the language and ethnic similarities, the social integration of the newcomers was rough, long and not an easy process. In this text are used data frоm the original research with direct participants of these events or their descendants.

  • Issue Year: 64/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 7-25
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Macedonian