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Conference on trends in immigration and approaches to immigrants integration in Europe: possible lessons for the Czech Republic >>

26 - 27 June 2012 University of Surrey, UK >>

The Summer Academy takes place June, 27-29 in Tutzing (close to Munich), Germany. The Academy is organizes by the Osteuropa-Institut Regensburg (OEI, future IOS), in cooperation with the Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing (APB) and the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES). >>

The EducEight Group and Northumbria University are pleased to announce the 6th EducEight International Conference on Ethnicity and Education. >>

The debate "Inspecting the work of migrants in the Czech Republic: a focus on forest workers" took place on January 30 2011 in the United Nations Information Centre in Prague. For the hundreds of foreign workers exploited in the Czech forests (so-called "stromkaři" or "forest workers"), the conference concluded with a nearly hopeless feeling. Law enforcement officials are not advancing this c... >>

The Migration Policy Institute report, which was written by Donald M. Kerwin and Kristen McCabe, analyzes the labor standards enforcement record of the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations and argues that enforcement of labor laws should become a higher priority, particularly amid high rates of unemployment and underemployment. The report, which also examines states’ activity, concludes that l... >>

EMMIR is a unique study programme focusing on migration through an intercultural approach. It provides profound theoretical skills in migration studies combined with field work in Europe and Africa. It is designed as a multidisciplinary programme that addresses important contemporary issues in an emerging field of study. >>

Jana Vavrečková and Ivo Baštýř have presented a study aimed at drawing the first proposal for a methodology for assessing the tools used to monitor the integration process of third-country nationals in the Czech Republic. The study focuses on the capacity of the Czech Republic to follow the EU requirements on the integration monitoring systems. >>

The article begins with a brief description of the US labor laws and operative agencies behind them. It examines how and to what degree the US labor protections and standards apply to both authorized and unauthorized employees. Moreover, the piece outlines separation of immigration and labor laws between two federal agencies described below. Arguably, this decentralization of power has paved a way... >>

Joshua Paul Hatton has presented an interesting thesis for the PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Oxford. In his work, he focuses on the relation between the academic field of migration and refugee studies (MARS) and the migration control by UK agencies. >>

The European Commission has released a migration policy package which includes Communication on The Global Approach to Migration and Mobility and Staff Working Paper on Migration and Development. >>

In this interview, Eamonn Davern from British Jobcentre Plus describes labour market implications of migration in the United Kingdom. He is convinced that migrant workers should not be considered a danger for British domestic workers. He explains that the British Government is encouraging both, British and foreign workers, to be active in applying for job vacancies. >>

The Public Policy Exchange will be hosting an annual symposium on Human Trafficking on 24 November in the Silken Hotel in Brussels. It provides a platform to bring together case studies and best practices with important contributions from EU policymakers, major international organizations and NGOs from across Europe. >>

This international conference takes up the controversies about the transformation of gender relations in the course of globalization processes. It is organized in four panels covering three main areas: care, family, and migration. These provide the background against which the questions of whether gender relations and orders are shifting, how they are shifting and in what direction will be debated... >>

The Forum on Migration and Communications is introducing an online publication featuring a portfolio of our creative arts and media projects, forged in collaboration with diverse public partners and civil society networks during the last four years. >>

The King Baudouin Foundation, the European Policy Centre and the Odysseus Academic Network are delighted to invite you to a Conference on Family reunification under strain: restrictive v. flexible policies, on 17 November. >>

The Faculty of Law of the University of Oxford, the All Souls College and St Hilda’s College organize a workshop on the legal frame of the “boat migration” that will be held in Oxford, 17-18 November 2011. >>

This article comes as a continuation of a previous text, published in March 2011, describing the situation of some Romanian workers who were exploited in the Czech forestry business during the first half of 2010. This article is based on a series of interviews conducted in Roman... >>

Silviu Taras, the mayor of Romanian town Chichis, describes how local Romanian people perceive the case of forest workers who have been misled and taken advantage of in the Czech Republic. >>