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. >>

In the short interview one of the so called “consultants” describes the recent developments in the visa issuance situation in Lviv, his clients, and the services he offers. >>

Stefan Rother, a political scientist working at the Arnold-Bergstraesser Institute for socio-cultural research, Freiburg, Germany, discusses the institution of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), a recently established platform for annual meetings of government officials, NGOs and migrant organizations. He focuses on its structure, procedures and international significance as wel... >>

Heikki Kerkkänen speaks about the political debate on immigration in Finland: about the relocation of the integration agenda from the Ministry of Labour to the Ministry of the Interior, a shift with a parallel in the Czech context; about integration policy and practice; and about different approaches to specific ethnic groups of immigrants. >>

In this interview, professor Sik discusses migration potential surveys, the research methods as well as a series of these surveys carried out at the time between the collapse of the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the countries’ accession to the EU, arguing that this wave of surveys was motivated by fear in Western countries. >>

Lithuania is a country with a great historical Diaspora and large-scale recent economic migration. This interview with Daiva Tereshchenko focuses on the current migration situation in the country, on the attitude of the Lithuanian state and society, and on the Lithuanian communities abroad and their relationship with their country of origin. >>