!!!Auslandsösterreicher

Auslandsoesterreicher (Austrians residing abroad): Approximately 
400,000 Austrian citizens permanently reside outside of Austria, plus 
another several hundred thousand Austrian natives who have obtained 
citizenship in their new homelands. They are sometimes referred to as 
the "10th province of Austria". The largest number of 
Auslandsoesterreicher live and work in Germany (1990: 185,000) and 
Switzerland (40,000). 36,000 Auslandsoesterreicher live in Central and 
South America, 30,000 in Australia, 28,500 in the USA and 22,500 in 
Africa (esp. in South Africa). Another 62,256 Austrians (according to 
the census of 1991) officially reside in Austria but commute daily or 
weekly to work abroad (also predominantly in Germany and Switzerland).

Most of Austria's post-war emigrants left Austria for economic 
reasons. There are well-known communities of emigrants in South 
America ( Dreizehnlinden in Brazil,  Pozuzo in Peru, Independencia in 
Paraguay).

In 1955 the "Auslandsoesterreicher-Werk" was founded as the official 
representative body for the interests of all Auslandsoesterreicher, 
and simultaneously a department for Auslandsoesterreicher was set up 
in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main mission of the 
Auslandsoesterreicher-Werk lies in social, cultural (newspaper, 
periodical, film and lecture services) and political affairs (e.g. 
elections: the law granting Auslandsoesterreicher the right to vote 
was passed on March 15, 1990). The "Weltbund der Oesterreicher im 
Ausland" (World Association of Austrians Abroad) was established in 
1952 and is the umbrella organisation of all associations and 
societies of Auslandsoesterreicher.

!Publications
Rot-Weiss-Rot. Das Magazin fuer Auslandsoesterreicher, 
published by the Auslandsoesterreicher-Werk.

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