Abstract
The aim of this chapter is to highlight the importance of migration as a topic in Czech-Polish relations, from a Czech perspective. The research presented examines three different migration situations. The first scenario relates to the movement of refugees, the second to labour-related migration facilitated by Poland and the third to the cross-border employment of Poles themselves. The research methodology relies on a content analysis of Czech media sources following a search for specific keywords related to Chechen refugee migration through Poland and the Czech Republic, allegations of human trafficking and the issue of human rights abuses raised by Czech media commentators. Regarding labour migration, the prevailing view was that Poland had been too soft in granting Schengen visas to Ukrainians. Finally, the topic of crime is examined, as debated in Kvasiny and Mladá Boleslav, towns with important automotive plants employing significant numbers of Polish workers.
This publication is the result of Metropolitan University Prague research project No. 57-01 ‘Political Science, Culture, Media and Language’, which was conducted in 2018 under a grant from the Institutional Fund for the Long-term Strategic Development of Research Organisations.
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Notes
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The search terms for the three scenarios were as follows: (1) Čečenci Polsko (‘Chechens Poland’), Cizinecká policie (‘Foreigners’ Police’), Polská státní poznávací značka (‘Polish car registration number’); (2) Rohlik.cz (an online grocery store), Polská víza (‘Polish visas’), Zaměstnanci (‘employees’), Ukrajinci (‘Ukrainians’); (3) Poláci automobilky (‘Poles automotive industry’), Kvasiny, Vrchlabí, Mladá Boleslav (three towns in the Czech Republic).
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The website of the company providing the database: https://www.newtonmedia.cz/en.
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MigraceOnline.cz (n.d.). http://migraceonline.cz/. Accessed 15 February 2018.
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The word ‘freedom’ in the name of the highway clearly refers to the Solidarity movement in 1980s’ Poland, not to hopes of Chechen refugees for more fair life in Western Europe.
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Daniel, O. (2019). On Human Trafficking, Schengen Visas and Drunken Workers: Czech Media Representations of Poland in Light of Three Migration Issues After 2013. In: Marczuk, K.P. (eds) Good Neighbourhood Treaties of Poland . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12615-5_10
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