The Period of Immigrations, Number and Origin of Immigrants

Abstract

39 Jazovo is a village situated in the northern part of Yugoslav Banat. According to the administrative and regional division it belongs to municipality of Coka. After the census which had been carried out on 31.03.1931, the village had 1945 inhabitants. From that time the number of inhabitants decreases. At the time of the last census (31.03.1991) Jazovo had 1118 inhabitants. This means 827 or (42.5%) less people than it had sixty years earlier. Depopulation is caused by the negatibe rate of population growth and migrations. The majority of inhabitants are Hungarians. At the last census, there were 1071 Hungarians or (95.8%). Over a hundred persons immigrated to Jazovo during the period from1991 to 1998. These were refugees and expatriates from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, i.e. from former Yugoslav republics, However, a certain number of immigtants moved later from Jazovo. The aim of this paper is to point out the time of immigrations, number, origin and the structure of refugee population in Jazovo. For that purpose, UNHCR data from 1996 were used. The author also used the data given by the polled gefugees. The poll was carried out in April and May 2000. At that moment, Jazovo had 30 refugee households. Out of that number, 25 refugee famillies agreed to be polled.