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The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
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Appendix 2
Emigration Statistics
1956 Handbook Volume 3 - (Excerpts)
Number of Emigrants & repatriates
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The Hungarian Border crossed
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Number
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To Austria (till 6 April 1957)
|
174 704
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| To Yugoslavia (till 26 May
1957) |
19 181
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Total
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193 885
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Legal repatriations (till end of May 1957)
|
11 447
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Total emigrants
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182 438
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From the 182,438 emigrants the KSH (Central Statistics
Office) only kept details for 151,731.
The following statistics are based on their details.
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Details by age groups
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Age groups
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Number
|
Percentage
|
|
Under 15
|
21 196
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14,0
|
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15 to 39
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109 299
|
72,0
|
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40 to 59
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17 392
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11,5
|
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Over 60
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1 124
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0,7
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Unknown
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2 720
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1,8
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Total
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151 731
|
100,0
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Details by residence
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Residence
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Number
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Percentage
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Budapest
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80 977
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53,4
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Other
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70 754
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46,6
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Total
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151 731
|
100,0
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Details by occupation
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Occupation
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Number
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Percentage
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Labourer*
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65 082
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63,5
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Intellectual
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25 971
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25,4
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| Farm worker** |
7 312
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7,1
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Others
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4 109
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4,0
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Total
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102 474
|
100,0
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* Including self employed, trade and craftsmen, excluding
farm workers.
** Including self employed, family members and collective
farm workers.
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Breakdown details of the Intellectual workers.
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Occupation
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Number
|
Percentage
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| Engineer & Technical
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9 347
|
36,0
|
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Doctor
|
730
|
2,8
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Teacher
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1 280
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4,9
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University Professor,
Researcher
|
261
|
1,0
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Accountant,Lawyer
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292
|
1,1
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| Agriculturist, Veterinary
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360 |
1,4
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Artist
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1 108
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4,3
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| Other higher education |
293
|
1,1
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| Health worker |
1 128
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4,4
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Administration worker
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11 172
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43,0
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Total
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25 971
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100,0
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Origin: Unpublished data from the KSH (Central Statistics
Office) about the emigration following the fall of the
1956 Revolution. Regio, 1991/4.
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My grateful thanks to the Authors of the above
documents.
N.B. This is my own translation for illustration
purposes only. I could not find an English version.
I am not an professional translator and I would like
to ask you to over look any translation inaccuracies
if applicable. The figures are the original. The Author.
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