ocr: Austrian society is nomogeneous. Almost 99% of Austrians are German speakers. However, Austrians like to - consider themselves ethnically distinct from Germans. There are few minorities; a small number of ethnic Slovenes, Croats and Hungarians live in the south and east. These minorities have been supplemented by large numbers ofimmigrants from Eastern Europe and refugees from the contlict in former Yugoslavia. The result has been a perceptible icrease in ethnic tension, particularly as the downturn in the economy has led some Austrians to claim that immigrants are taldngjobs from the local po ...
