http://www.migrationonline.cz/ Updates on migration in Central and Eastern Europe cs (c) Multicultural centre Prague, o.s. mise@mkc.cz migrace@mkc.cz http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2324471 Conference on trends in immigration and approaches to immigrants integration in Europe: possible lessons for the Czech Republic http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2322973 26 - 27 June 2012 University of Surrey, UK http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2321774 The EducEight Group and Northumbria University are pleased to announce the 6th EducEight International Conference on Ethnicity and Education. http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2321784 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). http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2321787 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 case in even a minimally satisfactory way. Labour inspectorates have been struggling with inspection issues in unstable workplaces, such as work in the forests, for a long time. In addition, when the companies in question succeed in avoiding communication with labour inspectorates, they are not investigated at all. http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2320879 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 labor standards enforcement should become a pillar of immigration policymaking and asks whether enforcement could play a role in reducing unauthorized employment and illegal immigration. It details the elements necessary for an effective labor standards enforcement system and proposes a way forward. http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2320564 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. http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2320562 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. http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2320426 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 to a (presumably) more effective law enforcement of two distinct sets of laws: (1) dealing with legal status of workers and, (2) referring to employees’ universal working conditions. Finally, the concluding remarks recapture some observations, which can be useful in finding (practical) solutions to obstacles that immigrant employees encounter on their work-related paths. http://www.migrationonline.cz/e-library/?x=2320062 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.