The major demographic shifts in the postindependence period have been movements within the country (largely to urban areas), the exodus of large numbers of Pakistanis to live and work abroad, and the influx of large numbers of Afghan refugees into the country beginning in the early 1980s.
Even so, coal production continued to fall, and in the industrial areas the exodus of workers and their families showed no signs of abating.
The site of battles over land in the 1940s and 1950s, the area suffered an exodus of migrant workers to California.
Regional policy instruments such as the Structural Funds, Cohesion Funds and the Territorial Cooperation objective should be directed towards measures attracting and retaining younger persons in these areas and redressing the exodus from shrinking areas.
The result is an exodus from areas controlled by the group.
Balzer, who joined the exodus to areas outside of Allentown, said he and others want to "get away from the whole erosion of the country".
These populations had precipitously fled to neighboring areas in the mass exodus during NATO bombing and Serbian reprisals in spring 1999.
(Reuters) AFRICA NIGER: FAMINE THREAT Poor cereal harvests, low stocks and high prices for staple foods threaten people in northeast Niger with famine and have set off an exodus from the area, the disaster management agency said.
The area, scene of a mass exodus on October 1st when thousands were sent home at the start of government shutdown, was still much quieter than normal and many of those who returning for the first time had been informed by watching news reports rather than receiving direct instructions.
But, when nationalist sentiments swept through the country in the 1950s, riot crowds targeted Greek businesses on Istiklal, catalyzing an exodus of the area's minorities.
