Contemporary Czech migration policy: 'Labour, not people'?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F26482789%3A_____%2F22%3A10152361" target="_blank" >RIV/26482789:_____/22:10152361 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/62156489:43110/22:43920443
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2533" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2533</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.2533" target="_blank" >10.1002/psp.2533</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Contemporary Czech migration policy: 'Labour, not people'?
Original language description
This paper offers an analysis of the Czech migration policy since the so-called European Union (EU) migration crisis in 2015 and its key instruments when it comes to migrant workers from third (non-EU) countries. On the basis of semi-structured interviews with 80 experts on various aspects of migration policymaking, we identified three key features of Czech migration policymaking: (i) perception of migration as a threat, (ii) orientation on temporary labour migration and (iii) lack of coherent and systematic conceptual approach towards migration. Jointly, these features explain a central paradox of the contemporary Czech migration policy: the contradiction between a strong anti-immigration political discourse and the actual numbers of immigrants that has been rising steadily. Similarly to other European countries, there has been a growing tendency towards selectiveness in Czech migration policy, manifested in recent instruments specifically focused on attracting highly qualified migrants. However, the selection criteria are mainly based on the country of origin, and the quotas for incoming migrants reflect the existing administrative capacities and short-term needs of the current Czech labour market for low- and middle-qualified professionals rather than long-term economic goals and demographic needs. Since the global economic recession (2008-2010), Czech migration policies have still not genuinely considered the fact that it is people, rather than just 'labour', who come to the Czech Republic.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TL01000468" target="_blank" >TL01000468: Smart Migration in the Czech Republic</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
POPULATION SPACE AND PLACE
ISSN
1544-8444
e-ISSN
1544-8452
Volume of the periodical
28
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
e2533
UT code for WoS article
000711157400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85118159192