Emigration from the district of Kastoria, 1922- 1930

Abstract

Emigration, has been quite a common phenomenon in Macedonia, particularly
Western Macedonia, since the last years of the Ottoman rule. Primarily
a social and economic phenomenon, Macedonian emigration also acquired
political dimensions through the awkward attitude of the Greek state towards
it, as well as through the political and diplomatic situation in the Balkan
peninsula. The case being a list of emigrants from the region of Kastoria 

between 1922-1930, the paper attempts to trace the Greek state’s special
interest in the emigration trends in Macedonia and to give some of the
characteristics of the migration movement, at a period, when the general flow
of immigrants to the American continent was significantly reduced due to the
host countries’ restrictive measures.