Children and youth were part of the migrationary population, they usually remained in the shadow of adults. In the between wars period we are observing the attitude of church and state towards their lives abroad. The focus is on children and young people of Slovenian immigrants in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Few emigrant priests and teachers who taught Slovene in the language courses were also occupied with those children. Emigrant youngsters spent their vacation in Yugoslavia. There was also a lively correspondence on the relation home – immigrant country. Despite efforts to preserve their national identity the process of assimilation has increased, particularly because of the compulsory schooling of children in immigrant countries.