The dispersion of the ethnic German settlements in central and eastern Europe, during and shortly following the second world war, resulted in over a half-million ethnic German refugees seeking asylum in Austria. a Today, nine years after the termi nation of hostilities, approximately 330,000 of this group still reside in Austria, the majority de facto or de jure Stateless. This group, comprising naturalized and non-naturalized ethnic Germans, is the largest segment of the refugee population in Austria today. b What provisions have been made for these people? What economic opportunities have...