Slovenia became an independent state in 1991 with immigration flows in the country strengthening since 1998. The majority of the immigrants, mostly seeking employment, originate from the former Yugoslav republics. Parallel to this work migration flow from the south and after accession to the EU, Slovenia also attracted other types of migration from EU member states particularly amenity migrants. These amenity migrants show a strong interest in the Slovenian peripheral rural regions with its reasonably priced real estate and its natural landscape character. In the case of these foreign home owners an important question is whether and to what extent they are symptomatic of the processes of globalization? To address this, a detailed survey has been conducted in the Pomurska region located in eastern Slovenia and bordering Hungary, Austria and Croatia. The survey focused on foreign home owners who either became permanent residents or who are second home owners. The results of this empirical work prove very insightful of the processes going on in the region and the integration of migrants into rural society in Slovenia. Slovenija se je osamosvojila leta 1991, priseljevanje pretežno iz območij bivših jugoslovanskih republik pa se je okrepilo predvsem po letu 1998. Prevladovali so delovni migranti, z vstopom Slovenije v EU pa se je povečalo zanimanje tudi iz drugih držav članic. Če so se priseljenci, ki so iskali delo, selili predvsem v regionalna in gospodarsko močna središča, so migracije na podeželje v veliki meri povezane z veliko privlačnostjo (naravnega) okolja, istočasno pa so (bile) cenovno zelo dostopne tudi nepremičnine. V primeru tujcev oziroma tujih lastnikov nepremičnin (hiš) na podeželju se sproža vprašanje, ali so le-ti nosilci ali že učinek globalizacije v širšem evropskem prostoru? Prav zato je bila izvedena raziskava med tujci v Prekmurski statistični regiji, ki leži na skrajnem vzhodu Slovenije in meji na Avstrijo, Madžarsko in Hrvaško. Osredotočili smo se na tuje lastnike nepremičnin, ki bodisi v regijo prihajajo le občasno in so lastniki počitniških bivališč ali pa so že stalno priseljeni. Rezultati intervjujev s priseljenci osvetljujejo ta nov pojav v regiji pa tudi procese njihovega vključevanja družbo.