An inconvenient witness: How are Ukrainian workers being borrowed?
In the Czech Republic, it is a very exceptional thing for an illegally residing foreigner to file a complaint regarding exploitation against his ‘client’, as...
Labour Migration
Although foreigners have the right to equal treatment in the Czech labour market, in practice, they are more vulnerable for various reasons. In general, access to employment is harder for them, they are paid less for the same work and they tend to be exposed to worse working conditions. At the same time, the migrants' position in the labour market plays a crucial role in their process of integration into society.
The individual texts also address how migrant workers affect the Czech labour market and the impact of their presence on the competitiveness of the local labour force. The whole topic examines these and other often difficult-to-answer questions which labour migration raises.
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Migration opportunities – a few notes on the issue of dismissing foreign workers
The article notes that the current migration predicament in the Czech Republic – following the dismissal of several thousand third country agency workers – has...
An Algerian who made it in Prague - Algerian trading skills and Czech corruption
Migrants from Algeria do not enjoy the best reputation among Czech people. For many, the word Algerian is associated with negative stereotypes....
Mongolians dreaming their Czech dream: The long wait for visas - no guarantee of success
The Czech media have recently been reporting on the influx of migrant workers from Mongolia....
A Meeting in Kolín – Vietnamese workers in the Czech Republic
As the financial crisis deepens across the world’s stock markets, Czech experts are becoming skeptical: First, glass and textile factories went bankrupt, now...
Leaving or staying behind – the two faces of Moldova
The article introduces the problem of migration from Moldova, Europe’s poorest country, in the southeast of the continent....
Fear and debts
Of all immigrants coming to the Czech Republic, trafficked women suffer most injustice....
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....
Body Language - Ballet migration from the East
For a time, Czech theatres saw an influx of ballet dancers from the former Soviet Union....
Review of Phillipe Legrain’s “Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them”
The book discusses the positive effects of migration and its potential for economic, social and cultural contribution to development....