Living as a foreigner - living with foreigners Austrian re-migrants, theirexperiences as foreigners abroad and with foreigners in Austria

This article presents the results of a qualitative research project on the xenophobia of Austrian re-migants who had lived much of their lives in Swit zerland or the Republic of South Africa. Re-migrants from Switzerland used other criteria than those from South Africa in differentiating between them selves and "foreigners" or "others". The re-migrants' definition of "foreig ner" and "other" depends on the political, social, and normative contexts o f the country they live in and on the economic opportunities they see for t hemselves.