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Short Series on US Migration Topics (II) by Willam Hiscott: Undocumented Children and Public Education in the United States

Around 1.7 million undocumented children reside in the United States. Their access to public education is currently guaranteed by the US Constitution....

8. 12. 05 articles

Short Series on US Migration Topics (I) by Willam Hiscott: Vigilante Activism contra Irregular Migration along the US-Mexico Border

The failure of the current US immigration regime is most evident when studying the US-Mexican border region....

17. 11. 05 articles

Reflections on the Czech Republic’s Law on Foreigners

The policy concerning foreigners and the legal framework of this policy represent a specific area of law which regulates migration within a country’s territory....

4. 11. 05 articles

Gendered experiences in migration from Russia to Hungary in the 1990s

This article explores emigration from Russia to Hungary in the 1990s....

21. 10. 05 Gender and Migration articles

‘Fake’ Marriages as a Threat for the Nation – Migrant Sex Workers in Cyprus

Against the backdrop of constructed analogies between women and nation that many feminist theorists have elaborately analysed, ...

21. 10. 05 Gender and Migration articles

Dumitru Sandu: Patterns of temporary emigration: experiences and intentions at individual and community levels

This paper by prof. Dumitru Sandu from Bucharest University examines the patterns of temporary emigration from Romania after 2000....

23. 9. 05 Labour Migration articles

Chad Bryant: “Czechness” Then and Now

What does it mean to be Czech? In this article Chad Bryant argues that “Czechness,” rather than a set of values and ideas, might be seen as a framework for...

6. 9. 05 articles

New phenomena and old legislation - regulations regarding the acquisition of citizenship in Poland

Although the introduction of new citizenship legislation was considered to be important and necessary, already by politicians taking part in the negotiations...

8. 7. 05 articles

‘Parallel Societies’ – A Neologism gone Bad

The German-language neologism ‘Parallelgesellschaften’ (‘parallel societies’) was coined as a sociological term in 1996 to denote purportedly ‘segregated’...

4. 7. 05 articles

The Negative Effects of Securitizing Immigration - the Case of Bulgarian Migrants to the EU

The 2004 Eastern enlargement saw an ever hardening attitude against immigrants, mainly due to the securitization of international migration....

9. 6. 05 Migration and the EU articles

Statehood and Citizenship in the Czech Republic

An up-to-date article written by the lawyer Pavel Uhl brings insight into current debates and possible reforms of Czech citizenship. ...

18. 5. 05 articles

Hungary: a Case of Ethnic Preference in Citizenship Law

The paper by Judit Tóth from University of Szeged explains how the citizenship law in Hungary gives a preferential treatment to ethnic Hungarians....

10. 5. 05 articles

Reverse effects of restrictive immigration policy. Ukrainian migrants in the Netherlands

In this article the findings of small-scale empirical research conducted between March and July 2004, are presented....

9. 5. 05 Labour Migration articles

Ukrainians and dogs not permitted. Restrictive visa policies do not allow for free movement of millions of Europeans

Jakob Hurrle shows on the example of Ukraine what consequences restrictive visa policies have....

22. 2. 05 articles

New Migration Regime in Germany

The German migration regime has undergone extensive reforms in the last years....

2. 2. 05 articles