Contemporary migration from Croatia in the media

Posljednji val iseljavanja iz Hrvatske započeo je svjetskom gospodarskom krizom 2008. godine, intenzivirao se ulaskom države u Europsku uniju 2013. godine, a traje i danas. Emigracija postaje primarni problem zemlje, koji pogađa demografsku i društvenu strukturu, kao i ekonomski razvitak. Cilj je ovoga rada utvrditi glavne pokretače iseljavanja Hrvata iz domovine, njihove motive odlaska i odabira određene destinacije. Usporedbom stavova iseljenika o Hrvatskoj i zemlji imigracije nastoji se doći do glavnih političkih, gospodarskih i društvenih problema koji djeluju kao potisni čimbenici migracije Hrvata. Analizirani su članci s hrvatskih portala u kojima su prenesena iskustva hrvatskih državljana u inozemstvu. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju kako najčešće iseljava visokoobrazovano mlado stanovništvo pretežito zbog ekonomskih razloga, na koje se najčešće nadovezuju društveni, poput društvene nepravde, negativnog mentaliteta naroda i slično, koji se ne planiraju vratiti, osim u slučaju da se društvena i politička situacija promijeni. Rezultati ovoga istraživanja ukazuju na važnost poticanja javnog diskursa o problemu i stvaranja jedinstvene migracijske politike.Most recent emigration wave from Croatia began with the global economic crisis in 2008. Accession of the country to the European Union in 2013 intensified the movement which continues today. Emigration is becoming a central problem of the country, affecting demographic and social structure, as well as the economic development. The aim of this master’s thesis is to determine the key drivers of migration of Croats from their homeland, their motives for leaving and choosing a specific destination. By comparing the migrants’ attitudes of their homeland and their country of immigration, the goal is to deduct the main political, social, and economic problems that act as push factors from Croatia. The content analysed in this research are the articles from Croatian news portals from 2018 and 2019 that cover experiences of Croatian emigrants. The results of the research show that the population that emigrates the most are highly educated young people, mainly due to economic reasons, which are most often followed by social ones, such as social injustice, negative mentality of the people and the like. Those migrants have no intention of returning to their homeland, unless the political and social circumstances change. The results of this research indicate the importance of public discourse on the problem and creating a unified migration policy