International Migration in the Czech Republic: The Current State with an Emphasis on Ukrainian Migration
International Migration in the Czech Republic: The Current State with an Emphasis on Ukrainian Migration

Author(s): Markéta Seidlová
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Migration Studies, Asylum, Refugees, Migration as Policy-fields
Published by: Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (RC SFPA)
Keywords: International Migration; Czech Republic; Ukrainian Migration;
Summary/Abstract: Within the last 20 years, the Czech Republic has undergone a very interesting evolution in regard to international migration. From a country with a strong tradition of emigration (from World War Two till the last decade of the 20th century) it has become the most important point of attraction for foreigners among the countries of the so-called Visegrad group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). At the end of August 2015, a total of 735,237 foreigners lived in these four countries, with nearly two-thirds of them (59.1%; 434,581 persons) living in the Czech Republic. The second most attractive country within this group – well behind the Czech Republic – was Hungary (140,301 foreigners, i.e. 19.1% of those living in Visegrad countries); third was Poland (101,204 foreigners, i.e. 13.8%) and last in the ranking was Slovakia (59,151 foreigners, i.e. 8.0%).

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