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Enlargement of the Schengen area and possible consequences for the visa regime towards Ukrainian citizens. A comparative analysis of the Czech and Polish cases.

The entry of the Czech Republic and Poland into the Schengen area will happen at the end of December 2007....

6. 11. 07 Migration and the EU articles

Where Nobody Cares for the Law. Experiences of an Ukrainian Applying for a Polish Visa

From January 1, 2008 the biggest western neighbor of Ukraine – Poland – will enter the visa regime of the Schengen zone....

20. 9. 07 Labour Migration articles

Back to Europe? Framing Romania’s Accession to the European Union in the United Kingdom

This paper looks at the framing of Romania’s accession to the European Union in the UK media....

11. 9. 07 articles

Ethnicity, the Labour Market and Returning Migrants between Hungary and Transylvania

Since migration flows to Hungary are an object of international comparison among sociologists and anthropologists, one of the most emphasised features of the...

28. 6. 07 Labour Migration articles

The Hollow Land? On the Politicisation of Emigration from Poland

"The citizens of the Fourth Republic" was the slogan proudly displayed across electoral billboards of the Law and Justice party (PIS) accompanying...

28. 6. 07 articles

Debate on the access of (il)legal migrants to health insurance (report)

On Tuesday 29 May 2007 a debate on the topic "Access of legal and illegal migrants to health insurance" was held at the Multicultural Centre...

22. 6. 07 Integration Undocumented Migration and Regularisation articles

Declaration of Czech non-governmental organisations regarding the impending changes to the amendment of the Czech Foreign and Asylum Acts

Responding to the discussions in Parliament concerning the amendment to the Foreign and Asylum Acts, representatives of 24 Czech NGOs and personalities...

8. 6. 07 Labour Migration articles

The ability of "world city" theory to explain contemporary patterns and processes of intra-European labour migration

This paper has one main aim, namely to examine the ability of ‘world city’ theory to account for contemporary patterns of intra-European labour migration....

22. 5. 07 Migration and the EU articles

Migrants are not variables: a critique of the migration literature and associated policy developments

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the migration literature as it has sought to adapt to changing realities, and argues that this adaptation...

22. 5. 07 articles

The role of I.T. migrants working in Ireland: the uneasy and unstable relationship between skills shortages and career choices

The stunning success enjoyed by the Irish economy over a sustained period of time has made it a model for other countries to emulate when seeking to develop...

18. 5. 07 Labour Migration articles

Skill shortages, emigration and unemployment in Poland - causes and implications

The paper analyses a constellation of factors concerning, on the one hand, the erosion of skills caused by the systemic transition from communism to...

18. 5. 07 Labour Migration articles

The Czech Penal Code to Criminalise Aid to Undocumented Migrants

The Constitutional and Legal Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament is debating a draft amendment to the Penal Code that would introduce a new...

11. 4. 07 Undocumented Migration and Regularisation articles

Commentaries 2006

Eleven commentaries from seven different countries on the important events and changes which took place in the field of migration last year....

22. 3. 07 articles

(De)constructing European Citizenship - Political mobilization and collective identity formation among immigrants in Sweden and Spain

The political construction of a European citizenship and a “European identity” is a project whose support among the diverse European peoples is uncertain...

19. 3. 07 articles

The Lisbon Agenda and 'Neoliberal Communitarian' Citizenship

This article analyses the European Union’s Lisbon Agenda and its relation to changing conceptions of European citizenship ...

16. 3. 07 Migration and the EU articles