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Don´t let “trolls” decide our future!
Propaganda or fake news has been part of every single war, political divide or conflict throughout history. The basic principle since Roman times ‘divide et impera’ has never changed. But we are now facing a new, very sophisticated form of disinformation di...
European Web Site on Integration – November 2018
This is the November issue of the European Web Site on Integration's newsletter.
Please find below a selection of the most relevant policy developments, data updates, events, funding schemes and good practices at the EU, national and local level, recently published on the Web Site.
European Web Site on Integration – October 2018
This is the October issue of the European Web Site on Integration's newsletter.
Please find below a selection of the most relevant policy developments, data updates, events, funding schemes and good practices at the EU, national and local level, recently published on the Web Site.
Modern European Guest Workers? Problematic aspects of posting workers and the new Posted Workers Directive
Since the nineteen nineties posting of workers onto the European market has proven problematic as it involves intensive exploitation as well as a variety of unfair practices. In May 2018 the final form of the directive that aims to eradicate the maj...
Attacks Against Labour Migrants in South Africa Show the Unfortunate Universality of Xenophobia
South Africa, a country infamous for its legacy of colonialism, racism, and policy of apartheid has struggled with mounting xenophobic sentiments towards migrant workers from other African nations along with South Asia. Some individuals have even gone to t...
Polish trade unions and migrant workers: a need for cooperation
Polish trade unionists have already realized the presence of a significant number of foreign workers in the country and are ready to help them. But there are several problems ahead: migrants need legal advice rather than trade union inte...
World Refugee Day 2017 - SOLIDAR Resolution
Conflicts, global inequalities, extreme poverty, humanitarian and environmental disasters have forced over 60,000 people in the world to be displaced - as refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and internally displaced persons. The majority of the world’s refugee population is hosted in developing countries, but we are also feeling the impact in our continent with more than 1 million people seeking...
Foreign workers according to Czech politicians: 8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for misdemeanors
The Czech Interior Minister Chovanec has discovered a new border that must be protected. This time it is an interior one, which consists of foreign workers in the industrial cities who "come over more or less without any control", and, in the words of the Chief of Police Tuhý, they "demonstrably" increase crime rates. "Agencies" bring them in, make a profit, and, after workers lose their jobs, ...
Press Release – Pushed Back at the Door
The report Pushed Back at the Door: Denial of Access to Asylum in Eastern EU Member States presents the situation asylum-seekers often face at the eastern borders of the EU.
Position paper on the proposed reform of the Common European Asylum System
Consortium of Migrants Assisting Organizations in the Czech Republic (Consortium) [1] has been closely following the proposals on the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) put forward by both the European Commission and the Council. This policy brief aims to summarize the Commission’s proposals published in the spring/summer 2016 in light of fur...
European Web Site on Integration's newsletter - issue 88
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13 January 2017 / Issue 88
In 2017, the European Web Site on Integration's newsletter will continue to provide you with a selection of the most relevant policy developments, research, events, funding schemes and ...
Czech Republic: General provider of integration services for next 3 years not found in open tender
No bidder has expressed interest in a 520-million-crown contract for providing integration services for foreigners in the Czech Republic. Migration and the EU Refugees in CEE IntegrationCzech Republicarticles
European Web Site on Integration's newsletter - issue 87
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10 November 2016 / Issue 87
This is the 87th issue of the European Web Site on Integration's newsletter.
Please find below a selection of the most relevant policy developments, data updates, events, fun...
European Web Site on Integration's newsletter - issue 86
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14 October 2016 / Issue 86
This 86th issue of the European Web Site on Integration's newsletter features a selection of the latest news, funding opportunities and documents in the field of integration, as well...
The newest proposal from the "European Values'" think tank is unrealistic and at odds with the law
The European Values (EH) think tank, as many politicians and actors in Czech society, has recently begun actively focusing on questions of migration. In the beginning of June 2016, EH published a policy paper titled A Sustainable Immigration and Asylum System in the EU. The following article is a response to EH’s proposal, in which two basic problems are highlighted: missing critical dat...
