C4 Migrant Integration

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Eva Janská

Tuesday, April 18 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

The aim of this seminar is to assist students in better understanding the problem of integration/assimilation of immigrants into a majority society. At the beginning, we will briefly introduce definition and various concepts of immigrants´ integration as they have been and are practiced, on one hand, by states (in general, and by Czechia, in particular), and on the other hand, by migrants themselves.

Then, we will invite 2 – 3 immigrants who have been already settled in Czechia for some time. Each of these immigrants will introduce himself/herself including their life in Czechia (migratory history, work, leisure time, hobbies, social contacts, identity, contacts to compatriots and their mother country). After that a discussion will start. At the end, we will try to summarize how successful/unsuccessful the Czech integration/migration policy is and how successfully/unsuccessfully our immigrants have been integrated into Czech society.