Migrant Workers’ Perspective in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria

This research projects aims to understand more about policies on migrants’ employment and integration in four Central-Eastern European countries, as well as to identify effective policies which are encouraging migrants to stay in these countries (and not to go further to Western Europe). 

Project duration
February 2019 – February 2020
Responsible for the project
Ildikó Barcza
Supporter
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Budapest

This research projects aims to understand more about policies on migrants’ employment and integration in four Central-Eastern European countries, as well as to identify effective policies which are encouraging migrants to stay in these countries (and not to go further to Western Europe). The project achieves these through learning more about possible entry points for legal immigration with a particular emphasis on migrants’ perspective – motives for immigrating, working conditions, relationship to the new country and community etc.

The research aims to provide relevant information and guidance for policy recommendations: the chosen countries are all struggling with serious labour market shortage while simultaneously their governments are proposing a rather repressive stance on immigration – What could be those immigration policies that address the increasing labour demand while also respecting the sensitivity of the issue.

The results will be presented in a country report for each countries and a concluding study, policy recommendations will be prepared both on national and EU level.