The index is compiled by the British Council and Migration Policy Group. The Czech Republic was only ranked among the first ten out of 28 assessed states in terms of conditions of granting citizenship, but it ended up last but one in protection against discrimination. The survey was carried out in March last year.
It focused on the legal framework of access to the labour market, family reunification, acquiring citizenship and protection against discrimination. The authors assessed 142 criteria. The survey showed that the Czech Republic is above the average of the ten countries that entered the EU in 2004, but below the average of the former 15 EU countries. The number Two detained Americans leave for United States ...
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Number of foreigners working in CzechRep record high in 2007 ... of foreigners living in the Czech Republic has been gradually increasing and the Czech Republic is no longer a transit country, but it is a target country. A total of 396,843 foreigners lived in the country in end-January and 159,828 of them had permanent residence in the country. The Czech Republic received 50 out of a total of 100 points in the assessment of access to the labour market. The survey found out that foreigners have difficulties finding a job in the Czech Republic mainly because the Czech Republic does not recognise the immigrants' education and qualification. Foreigners acquire an equal position on the labour market usually when they are granted a permanent residence permit. On the other hand, the Czech Republic was positively assessed for not forcing foreigners to leave the country immediately when they lose work and for giving them a certain time to seek a new job. Foreigners could acquire a permanent residence in the Czech Republic only after ten years spent in the country, but the period has been halved a few years ago. In this respect, the Czech Republic ended up above EU average. A weak point is, however, that foreigners have an equal access to health care only if they have a permanent residence in the country. The Czech Republic ended up in the first ten thanks to the conditions for acquiring citizenship and the possibility to keep original citizenship. In terms of foreigners' opportunities to participate in public and political life has, however, sent the Czech Republic below the EU average. In protection against discrimination, however, the Czech Republic came last but one. The country does not yet have an anti-discrimination law even four years after it entered the EU and it faces a complaint with the European Court of Justice and sanctions.
(Ceske Noviny)
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