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Czech Republic : Socio-economic aspects of migration
Since the early 1990s, when the Czech Republic has transformed into the main immigration destination among the V4 countries, can be identified several periods and milestones, which not only influenced the patterns of the international migration, but also the formation of the Czech migration policy. The aim of the chapter is to summarise and discuss recent developments in migration trends on general level, the demographic and socio-economic situation and migration governance in the period of 1989-2018. The chapter finds, that the trends characterising the current Czech migration policy, in contrast to high demand for labour force, is an increased effort to manage migration through stricter and more selective access to opportunities for foreigners. The restrictive trends in migration policies have been accompanied by explicit attempts to securitise migration in both, bureaucratic and political fields. This trend got most flagrant during the so-called migration crisis of 2015. Despite heated political debates, irregular migration flows affected the Czech Republic rather marginally, as the country was not a destination, but primarily a transit area for migrants and asylum seekers heading to Western and Northern Europe.Od počátku 90. let, kdy se ÄŚeská republika transformovala na hlavnĂ imigraÄŤnĂ cĂl mezi zemÄ›mi V4, lze identifikovat nÄ›kolik obdobĂ a milnĂkĹŻ, kterĂ© ovlivnily nejen vzorce mezinárodnĂ migrace, ale takĂ© formovánĂ ÄŤeskĂ© migraÄŤnĂ politiky. CĂlem tĂ©to kapitoly je shrnout a diskutovat nejnovÄ›jšà vĂ˝voj migraÄŤnĂch trendĹŻ na obecnĂ© Ăşrovni, demografickou a sociálnÄ›-ekonomickou situaci a správu migrace v obdobĂ 1989–2018. Kapitola shledává, Ĺľe trendy charakterizujĂcĂ souÄŤasnou ÄŤeskou migraÄŤnĂ politiku, na rozdĂl od vysokĂ© poptávky po pracovnĂ sĂle, jsou zvýšenĂ˝m ĂşsilĂm o Ĺ™ĂzenĂ migrace prostĹ™ednictvĂm pĹ™ĂsnÄ›jšĂho a selektivnÄ›jšĂho pĹ™Ăstupu k pĹ™ĂleĹľitostem pro cizince. OmezujĂcĂ trendy v migraÄŤnĂ politice byly doprovázeny vĂ˝slovnĂ˝mi pokusy o sekuritizaci migrace v byrokratickĂ© i politickĂ© oblasti. Tento trend byl nejviditelnÄ›jšà bÄ›hem tzv. migraÄŤnĂ krize roku 2015. I pĹ™es vyhrocenĂ© politickĂ© debaty se neregulĂ©rnĂ migrace ÄŚR dotĂ˝kala spĂše okrajovÄ›, zemÄ› nebyla cĂlovou destinacĂ, ale spĂše tranzitnĂm prostorem migrantĹŻ a ĹľadatelĹŻ o azyl ze severnĂ Afriky a BlĂzkĂ©ho vĂ˝chodu, směřujĂcĂch západnĂ a severnĂ Evropy
Beyond the Revolution External Actors in Pre- & Post-Revolutionary Libya. Review of Current Research.
External actors appear to be one of the key factors in post-revolutionary Libya – country divided by a civil conflict. Aim of this research review is to summarize major Western academic publications that focus on the role and interests of external actors in Libya. The review reflects on the writings dealing with the interests of Western actors –France, UK, Italy, Germany, USA - and the activities of Russia, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia or UAE, whose increasing influence in post-revolutionary Libya is related to the ongoing conflict and mutual rivalry
Securitization of Migration. A Study of Movement and Order
Bourbeau, Philippe (2011/2013). Securitization of Migration. A Study of Movement and Order. New York: Routledge, 166 pages