Czech migration discourse and policy: fuelling the fire

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 1:16 (EET) Section: The Central European Policy Institute (Slovakia)

By Tomáš Jungwirth.Photo by Moyan Brenn | Flickr licensed by CC BY 2.0Although the European refugee crisis has not had a material impact on the number of asylum requests in the Czech Republic, there are notable ramifications in its wake, particularly with the escalation of public debate. As of spring 2017, the political focus has shifted towards labor migrants who are on one hand in high demand on the Czech job market but at the same time ostracized and denounced as criminals. The Ministry of Interior has launched an initiative aimed to substantially curb migrants’ rights. This constitutes a part …read more

Source: The Central European Policy Institute