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Canada lifts visas for Czechs as of Thursday ... Ukrainians came to work in the Czech Republic last year, raising their total number to 61,500. The number of Vietnamese employees rose significantly from 700 at the end of 2006 to 5,500 at the end of last year. Last year's admission of Bulgaria and Romania into the EU also brought more employees from these countries to the Czech Republic. The number of Romanian employees rose 3.5 times, and that of Bulgarians 2.8 times. At the end of 2007, about 5,400 Bulgarians and 4,300 Romanians worked in the Czech Republic. Only the citizens of the EU countries, the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland can work in the Czech Republic without a work permit. A total of 144,751 employees came from these countries last year, compared to 116,846 in 2006. The number of other countries' citizens who need to have a work permit totalled 85,351 last year, which was 23,899 more than in 2006. The number of foreign employees working in the Czech Republic legally is constantly increasing. At the end of 2004, there were 108,000 of them. The interest in work in the Czech Republic raised mainly after the country's entry into the EU in May 2004. At present it is high mainly thanks to the Czech Republic's economic growth. About one third of foreign employees is made up by women. At the end of last year, there were over 78,000 of them, compared with 58,000 in 2006. Unemployment in the 10-million Czech Republic is decreasing. Last December it stood at 6 percent.
(Ceske Noviny)
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