The article focuses on American travel and migration legislation in the years 1893, 1903 and 1907, which were intended to manage immigration to the USA. Efforts to limit immigration were based on the criteria of the usefulness of or the potential threat posed by immigrants. The article shows that the data provided in the passenger lists were not credible in all cases, since the desire of both immigrants and steamship companies to enter the USA was much stronger than the fear of being refused.
KEY WORDS: migration legislation, steamship company, passenger list, data fraud, USA

The article focuses on American travel and migration legislation in the years 1893, 1903 and 1907, which were intended to manage immigration to the USA. Efforts to limit immigration were based on the criteria of the usefulness of or the potential threat posed by immigrants. The article shows that the data provided in the passenger lists were not credible in all cases, since the desire of both immigrants and steamship companies to enter the USA was much stronger than the fear of being refused.
KEY WORDS: migration legislation, steamship company, passenger list, data fraud, USA

The article deals with the subjective perceptions of emigrants that left Slovenia between 2014 and 2017. Their experiences of their stay in Austria and Germany, which are the most popular destinations for contemporary emigrants from Slovenia, are presented in depth. The subjective experiences of migrants are important for understanding the broader picture of contemporary economic migration with the support of objective statistical data. The purpose of the research was to obtain as much information as possible on the migration experience from the perspective of our contemporary times affected by globalization and mobility. The research contributes to an understanding of the contemporary motives for and experiences of emigration in the EU.
KEY WORDS: contemporary Slovenian emigration, Austria, Germany, subjective experiences, economic migration

The article deals with the subjective perceptions of emigrants that left Slovenia between 2014 and 2017. Their experiences of their stay in Austria and Germany, which are the most popular destinations for contemporary emigrants from Slovenia, are presented in depth. The subjective experiences of migrants are important for understanding the broader picture of contemporary economic migration with the support of objective statistical data. The purpose of the research was to obtain as much information as possible on the migration experience from the perspective of our contemporary times affected by globalization and mobility. The research contributes to an understanding of the contemporary motives for and experiences of emigration in the EU.
KEY WORDS: contemporary Slovenian emigration, Austria, Germany, subjective experiences, economic migration

This article deals with the relationship between religiosity and generosity toward migrants in contemporary Europe. Theoretically, it is based on the sociological tradition of researching the ambiguous relationship between religion(s) and “otherness”, as well as the tradition of researching the social distances from social minorities. The empirical research is based on data from the European Social Survey (ESS) conducted in 2014 and 2016. It focuses on the analysis and explanation of the correlations between indicators of religiosity and indicators of generosity toward migrants on three levels: the entire sample (23 countries), clusters of countries, and selected individual countries.
KEY WORDS: migrants, religiosity, social distance, generosity, cultural defence

This article deals with the relationship between religiosity and generosity toward migrants in contemporary Europe. Theoretically, it is based on the sociological tradition of researching the ambiguous relationship between religion(s) and “otherness”, as well as the tradition of researching the social distances from social minorities. The empirical research is based on data from the European Social Survey (ESS) conducted in 2014 and 2016. It focuses on the analysis and explanation of the correlations between indicators of religiosity and indicators of generosity toward migrants on three levels: the entire sample (23 countries), clusters of countries, and selected individual countries.
KEY WORDS: migrants, religiosity, social distance, generosity, cultural defence

The paper focuses on the complexity of the dynamics of migration in the Republic of Slovenia/Yugoslavia in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, or more precisely, during the period spanning the wartime and its conclusion to the years of the liberalisation of the Yugoslav international migration policy, linked to the 1962 Law on Amnesty, and to the agreement between SFR Yugoslavia and the Republic of Austria on the regulation of the employment of Yugoslav workers in Austria (1963). The paper aims to provide a concise and structured overview of the prevalent migration practices in Slovenia during this period, highlighting international political processes that had a significant impact on the dynamics of migration.
KEY WORDS: migration, emigrants, immigrants, re-migrants, refugees

The paper focuses on the complexity of the dynamics of migration in the Republic of Slovenia/Yugoslavia in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, or more precisely, during the period spanning the wartime and its conclusion to the years of the liberalisation of the Yugoslav international migration policy, linked to the 1962 Law on Amnesty, and to the agreement between SFR Yugoslavia and the Republic of Austria on the regulation of the employment of Yugoslav workers in Austria (1963). The paper aims to provide a concise and structured overview of the prevalent migration practices in Slovenia during this period, highlighting international political processes that had a significant impact on the dynamics of migration.
KEY WORDS: migration, emigrants, immigrants, re-migrants, refugees

The paper addresses how Slovenian newspapers reported on defections from Yugoslavia in the period from 1945–1965. During the time when departures from the SFRY were restricted and regulated, defections were sanctioned and the media were instrumentalized as a state ideological apparatus. It seems that defections were not a very common topic in the newspapers. When they did appear in newsprint, they were criminalized and not infrequently subjected to a fair amount of moralizing. When the defectors themselves were given voice, they expressed remorse and contrition, with the message that going abroad meant suffering, misery or even ruin.
KEY WORDS: defections, newspapers, discourse, authorities, socialist Yugoslavia

The paper addresses how Slovenian newspapers reported on defections from Yugoslavia in the period from 1945–1965. During the time when departures from the SFRY were restricted and regulated, defections were sanctioned and the media were instrumentalized as a state ideological apparatus. It seems that defections were not a very common topic in the newspapers. When they did appear in newsprint, they were criminalized and not infrequently subjected to a fair amount of moralizing. When the defectors themselves were given voice, they expressed remorse and contrition, with the message that going abroad meant suffering, misery or even ruin.
KEY WORDS: defections, newspapers, discourse, authorities, socialist Yugoslavia