https://migrationonline.cz/ Updates on migration in Central and Eastern Europe cs (c) Multicultural centre Prague, o.s. mise@mkc.cz migrace@mkc.cz https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/emotional-mapping-as-a-tool-for-participation-of-foreign-pupils Emotional mapping is a great tool for the education of primary and secondary school pupils. Since working with maps is easy to understand regardless of language limitations, it is also a good tool for co-education with pupils with a migration experience. https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/promoting-empowerment-and-community-activism-as-a-way-of-preventing-labour-exploitation-and-foster-social-mobility Over the past years, labour migration to the Czech Republic came to play an essential role within the country’s economic model. Facing urgent labour shortages, Czech employers have been increasingly turning countries from the EU's Eastern border as labour suppliers, with nationals of Ukraine accounting for the majority of foreign workers currently active on the Czech labour market. While the Czech government has put in place programmes of managed migration meant to direct more or less qualified migrant labour towards sectors that lack workforce most urgently, an overwhelming majority of labour migrants rely in their migration journey on networks, intermmediaries, brokers, recruitment and temporary agencies. https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/the-road-to-transparent-and-fair-remuneration-and-working-conditions-in-the-transport-sector TransFair Newsletter | 01-2022 https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/what-kind-of-society-is-the-czech-republic-for-immigrants How good a destination for immigrants is the Czech Republic? How does the country fare globally and on an EU level in terms of its immigration, integration and citizenship policies, access to rights and opportunities, and popular attitudes towards immigrants? https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/cultural-expression-in-afghanistan-1996-2021 "The fear is that this society will become just black and white... that we will not have the beautiful diversity and beautiful colors in this country anymore.”- Omaid Sharifi https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/afghan-evacuees-what-does-the-future-hold The Afghan Girl, a portrait of Sharbat Gula taken by Steve McCurry in 1984, is one of the most recognised photographs worldwide. In 1984, Gula resided in Pakistan’s Nasir Bagh refugee camp, having become one of millions of Afghans displaced in the Soviet-Afghan War. For decades, the Afghan Girl has symbolised the Western imagination of Afghanistan as a remote and war-torn country, also raising concerns over the seemingly perpetual plight of the Afghan people, and in turn, refugees worldwide. Throughout recent months, as the world continues to grapple with the reality of the Taliban’s unforeseen return to power in August 2021, concerns over the future of Afghanistan’s people have once again risen to the fore. https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/imagined-non-belonging-migration-and-islam-in-czechia-2 Borders – both tangible and intangible – are inherently divisive. The very idea of a border implies a need for boundary-keeping, for determining who or what belongs – or indeed doesn’t belong - both within and beyond that border’s limits. The borders of the nation-state, even in this era of globalisation, tend to be the primary units by which we measure belonging in global society. https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/a-brief-history-of-the-position-of-women-and-girls-in-afghanistan-2 The recent Taliban take-over has remained in the headlines in the past weeks, raising many concerns about the future of this land-locked, war-ridden country. The position of women and girls is especially affected under the regime of the ultra-conservative Taliban organization, which endorses a strict interpretation of Sharia Islamic law. https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/east-west-and-in-between-past-and-present-imaginings-2 The Aegean Sea is full of contrasts. At the edges of Europe and Asia, its sparkling blue waters blur not only the imagined fault lines of an East-West divide, but also those between past and present. https://www.migrationonline.cz/en/e-library/life-under-taliban-rule-women-and-girls-in-afghanistan-2 After decades of re-earned freedom, women and girls in Afghanistan woke up to a new reality in the wake of the Taliban take-over of the capital of Kabul. As the new regime promised to allow women continued access to education and work, including in government positions, the world has yet to see how the new leadership will deal with women’s rights. This article summarizes what international media has reported on this issue since the event took place on August 15.