Happy to work in the Czech Republic - Slovak Roma on Czech construction sites
A report from Eastern Slovakia tells stories of people who build Czech motorways and railways....
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Body Language - Ballet migration from the East
For a time, Czech theatres saw an influx of ballet dancers from the former Soviet Union....
The proposed European Blue Card system: Arming the Global war for talent?
The European Union is considering the introduction of Blue Cards as a fast track procedure for qualified immigrants to work in the EU....
The Future of Immigration and Asylum in Europe: Prosperity, Solidarity, Security and External Responsibility?
In June 2008 two communications were released by the European Commission outlining the directions that immigration and asylum policies were to take in the...
Czech as a Foreign Language Courses: Necessary, Scarce and Expensive?
From January 2009 the Czech Republic will introduce a new regulation for people applying for permanent residence (trvalý pobyt) – the requirement to pass the...
The challenges of immigrants’ access to information on legal residence requirements in the Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic, immigrants’ legal residence depends on the fulfillment of a number of legal requirements....
Recent migration from the new European borderlands
The Enlargement of the European Union to the East in 2004/2007 gave the EU some new neighbours....
The Challenges for Development Cooperation in Seeking a More Coherent Policy of International Migration
This paper analyzes the coherence between international migration policy and the Millennium Development Goals....
Brits on the phone – Western workers and outsourcing multinationals in Prague
Prague and the CEE region in general experienced an explosion of call centers, IT and customer service centers in the last few years....
Why it’s impossible to have a debate on immigration in the UK: Assessing the assessment and the assessment of the assessments of the economic impact of migration
In April 2008 a widely talked about report on the economic impact of immigration in the UK was released....
Regularization of Immigrants in Poland: What was wrong with it and what should be done?
The last two decades of migrations have created quite a large group of illegal residents in Poland....
Bordering on a Nightmare? A Commentary on the 2008 “Vision for an EU Border Management System”
The new EU Border Package proposes the developments of the FRONTEX border agency, the creation of the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR), as well as...
The different perception of migration from Eastern Europe to Turkey: The case of Moldovan and Bulgarian domestic workers
In the last decade, both Moldovan and Bulgarian women have come to dominate the household work sector in Turkey....
On the Margins of Two States: Flexible Self-identification Strategies of Bulgarian Muslims in Spain
The main focus of the paper is the relationship that Bulgarian Muslim migrants in Spain have developed with the two states in which they are simultaneously...
Green Cards? Disappointed Expectations
In April 2008, the Czech government discussed and approved a new version of so-called “green-cards”, a kind of permit combining work permit,...