{"id":69,"date":"2020-12-01T19:25:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T19:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2021-06-25T16:41:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T16:41:59","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?page_id=69","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69\" class=\"elementor elementor-69\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed2b00f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed2b00f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd53efb\" data-id=\"cd53efb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdce553 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-srpw_widget\" data-id=\"bdce553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-srpw_widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5>Recent Posts<\/h5><div class=\"srpw-block srpw-default-style \"><style>.srpw-thumbnail{\r\nwidth: 60px;\r\nheight: 60px;\r\n}<\/style><ul class=\"srpw-ul\"><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=778\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Final report release\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=778\" target=\"_self\">Final report release<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2023-07-17T15:20:14+00:00\">July 17, 2023<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\">Wojciech Bedy\u0144ski<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>The final report of the project &#8220;The impact of Brexit on migration from the V4 countries to the UK: migrant strategies&#8221; has been published today as part of the CMR Working Papers series. It can be downloaded here:<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=765\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Project&#8217;s final seminar\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=765\" target=\"_self\">Project&#8217;s final seminar<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2023-02-10T13:10:00+00:00\">February 10, 2023<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\">Wojciech Bedy\u0144ski<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>The final meeting of the project took place in Warsaw on 30-31st January 2023. The consortium was hosted by the co-ordinator, the Centre of Migration Research University of Warsaw (CMR UW). On the first day, the project members discussed in detail the joint article. It must be mentioned, that since the kick-off meeting in 2019, [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=762\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Project closing meeting, 31 Jan 2023, Warsaw\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=762\" target=\"_self\">Project closing meeting, 31 Jan 2023, Warsaw<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2023-01-22T16:56:24+00:00\">January 22, 2023<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\">Wojciech Bedy\u0144ski<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>On 31.01.2023 at 13:00 we invite you to the conference room of the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw, 7 Pasteura Street (2nd floor) for an open meeting summarising the project &#8216;The impact of Brexit on migration from the V4 countries: migrant strategies&#8217; (International Visegrad Fund grant no. 21910049). The meeting will [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=759\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Britain &#8211; between Europe and the Empire\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=759\" target=\"_self\">Britain &#8211; between Europe and the Empire<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2022-12-10T17:43:09+00:00\">December 10, 2022<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\">Wojciech Bedy\u0144ski<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>It has been written in many places (eg. &#8220;The Guardian,&#8221; 9 Sept 2022; &#8220;The Economist,&#8221; 8 Sept 2022; reuters.com, 8 Sept 2022) that the death of Queen Elizabeth II symbolically closes a certain era in British history. At the same time, the authors pointed out that her reign was already a bit outdated or &#8220;of [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=756\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"\u201e\u2026a career I could have never dream of if I had stayed in Hungary\u201d\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=756\" target=\"_self\">\u201e\u2026a career I could have never dream of if I had stayed in Hungary\u201d<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2022-12-05T07:12:38+00:00\">December 5, 2022<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=8\" target=\"_self\">Katalin Kov\u00e1ly<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>The post written by \u00c1gnes Er\u0151ss \u201eOh, I\u2019ll give it all up here\u2026 I\u2019d rather go to England and wash dishes!\u201d \u2013 one could often here such exclamations in Hungary, especially before the Brexit. Indeed, thousands \u2013 lacking any clear ideas or job offers \u2013 left the country and started employment as bar tenders, waiters, [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=751\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"THE IMPACT OF BREXIT ON MIGRANT STRATEGIES OF THE SLOVAKS IN THE UK (RESEARCH FINDINGS)\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=751\" target=\"_self\">THE IMPACT OF BREXIT ON MIGRANT STRATEGIES OF THE SLOVAKS IN THE UK (RESEARCH FINDINGS)<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2022-12-01T08:10:33+00:00\">December 1, 2022<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=4\" target=\"_self\">Jana Pecnikova<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>The migration wave from the V4 countries to Great Britain, which followed the EU enlargement of 2004, allowed unprecedented numbers of the \u201cnew Europeans\u201c, including Slovaks, enter the UK. Like most migrants, they were ready to work hard so as to deserve their chances for a better living, envisioned back in their home countries. From [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=748\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Doubts and proofs \u2013 Hungarian student life in the UK after Brexit\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=748\" target=\"_self\">Doubts and proofs \u2013 Hungarian student life in the UK after Brexit<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2022-05-19T14:41:15+00:00\">May 19, 2022<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=8\" target=\"_self\">Katalin Kov\u00e1ly<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>It is well known fact that Great Britain exited the European Union on 1 January 2021. \u201eNothing will change for Hungarians living in the UK after Brexit\u201d, said Iain Lindsay, British ambassador to Hungary before Brexit.[1] He added that the UK has the biggest Hungarian-born population outside the Carpathian Basin and is the second or [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=743\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"The Latest Migration Policies: Return of the Slovak Migrants from the UK to Slovakia\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=743\" target=\"_self\">The Latest Migration Policies: Return of the Slovak Migrants from the UK to Slovakia<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2022-03-04T11:17:20+00:00\">March 4, 2022<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=9\" target=\"_self\">Petra Strnadova<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>A&nbsp;proposal of the new design of the Slovak Republic migration policy up to 2025 was adopted by the Slovak government during its regular session on 8 December 2021 (https:\/\/www.minv.sk\/?zamer-migracnej-politiky-slovenskej-republiky). Part of the text that is in line with our major concern, i.e. Slovak migrants in the UK and the prospective of their return to the [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=739\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"End of the pandemic? Loosening of some Covid restictions in the UK\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=739\" target=\"_self\">End of the pandemic? Loosening of some Covid restictions in the UK<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2022-02-05T19:03:21+00:00\">February 5, 2022<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\">Wojciech Bedy\u0144ski<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>After almost two years, the British government decided to loosen most of the restrictions introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is no longer obligatory to wear face masks, show covid certificates, or to work remotely. Even compulsory isolation in the event of a coronavirus infection is expected to be removed at the end [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=736\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Slovakia and Migration \u2013 Flows and Effects\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=736\" target=\"_self\">Slovakia and Migration \u2013 Flows and Effects<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-11-08T09:33:20+00:00\">November 8, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=4\" target=\"_self\">Jana Pecnikova<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>Slovakia is not one of the traditional destination countries for migrants. It is a culturally homogeneous country that has not been affected by the dramatic increase in migration during the 20th century. Until recently, the Slovak Republic was almost exclusively the country of origin of migrants, the country from which citizens migrated abroad for various [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=724\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Brexit. Long term effects.\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=724\" target=\"_self\">Brexit. Long term effects.<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-09-26T12:51:06+00:00\">September 26, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\">Wojciech Bedy\u0144ski<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>One of the interviewees said few weeks ago that the true impact of Brexit is yet to come. And indeed in September 2021 serious supplies shortages are painfully experienced by the Brits making queues for petrol, empty shelves in supermarkets (which are compared by older Poles to the situation of late communism in the People [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=721\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"\u201cJust don&#8217;t meet any Hungarians.\u201d Informal Hungarian community in Great Britain\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=721\" target=\"_self\">\u201cJust don&#8217;t meet any Hungarians.\u201d Informal Hungarian community in Great Britain<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-09-13T13:28:29+00:00\">September 13, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=8\" target=\"_self\">Katalin Kov\u00e1ly<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>In one of our previous posts we provided a brief overview of Hungarian community life based on formal institutions. Now, with the help of some interview excerpts, we would like to present how Hungarians living in Great Britain perceive each other and how the Hungarian informal community life works. Importantly, we do not claim that [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=717\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Ethnicity and language in mixed partnerships \u2013 what language(s) do the Slovak migrants (mothers and children) speak?\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=717\" target=\"_self\">Ethnicity and language in mixed partnerships \u2013 what language(s) do the Slovak migrants (mothers and children) speak?<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-08-23T15:30:40+00:00\">August 23, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=4\" target=\"_self\">Jana Pecnikova<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>Our colleague Dagmara Majerova (Matej Bel University) published recently a&nbsp;very interesting article on issue of ethnic identity of Slovak migrants focused on mothers in London living in the ethnically mixed partnerships \/ marriages, who bring up their children in a&nbsp;bilingual family environment. She found that in mixed Slovak-British families, bilingual education of children is applied [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=714\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"\u201eI knew that it would be good for me here\u201d \u2013 London in the eyes of Hungarian migrants\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=714\" target=\"_self\">\u201eI knew that it would be good for me here\u201d \u2013 London in the eyes of Hungarian migrants<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-08-20T06:00:03+00:00\">August 20, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=3\" target=\"_self\">\u00c1gnes Er\u0151ss<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>When landing in a new country, we are generally full with expectations. Our mind is filled with images of landmarks or fragments of a \u201ctypical\u201d landscape. We have learnt bits and pieces about that country\u2019s culture or have heart about rules of behaviour to respect. Nevertheless, when one arrives with the purpose to pursue studies [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=709\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Brexit, the British (English?) nationalism and the immigrants from the V4\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=709\" target=\"_self\">Brexit, the British (English?) nationalism and the immigrants from the V4<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-07-28T13:24:11+00:00\">July 28, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\">Wojciech Bedy\u0144ski<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>I was personally surprised that in the majority of the interviews I made with Polish migrants about Brexit, there appear mentions about nationalistic behaviors of the British people. Even if the interviewees have not experienced them themselves, they were told about them by friends or know it third hand. Referendum campaign revealed much of these [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=705\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"The Happy End for   (Some) Romani Migrant Children\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=705\" target=\"_self\">The Happy End for   (Some) Romani Migrant Children<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-07-13T13:19:07+00:00\">July 13, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=9\" target=\"_self\">Petra Strnadova<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>It is generally acknowledged that in the last thirty years, migration policy and multiculturalism in the public policies have been on the list of the most discussed and polarising topics in the British public sphere. Negatively constructed identity of Slovak\/East European Romani migrants as \u201cthe country\u00b4s social welfare system abusers\u201c and \u201cthe non-integrateable community members\u201c [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=702\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Slovak (and Czech) Virtual Communities in the UK\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=702\" target=\"_self\">Slovak (and Czech) Virtual Communities in the UK<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-06-28T07:22:19+00:00\">June 28, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=4\" target=\"_self\">Jana Pecnikova<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>We found an interesting study on the topic of migration in the UK with the results of research carried out at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. They focused on Slovak virtual communities and their functioning in the UK. The content analysis shows that the Facebook page &#8220;Czechs and Slovaks in the UK&#8221; is mainly used [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=694\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Cultural institutions as scenes of Hungarian community life in Great Britain\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=694\" target=\"_self\">Cultural institutions as scenes of Hungarian community life in Great Britain<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-06-23T16:37:58+00:00\">June 23, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=8\" target=\"_self\">Katalin Kov\u00e1ly<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>In our research, we paid attention to compile data about the Hungarian community life in Great Britain. We were curious about how active the community life is and to how intense the networking is between Hungarians. The conversations revealed that above all we must separate social life organized under the umbrella of official cultural institutions [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=688\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"A short note about the Hungarian supplementary\/weekend schools in the UK\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=688\" target=\"_self\">A short note about the Hungarian supplementary\/weekend schools in the UK<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-05-25T16:35:11+00:00\">May 25, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=3\" target=\"_self\">\u00c1gnes Er\u0151ss<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>In contrast to what we had planned, due to the pandemic this research has been conducted exclusively online so far, when both our interview partners and us stayed at home in lockdown. Often this resulted in unexpected situations when a bunch of kids run into the room during the interview and asked for all sorts [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=683\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Migrants and the internal divisions of the United Kingdom\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=683\" target=\"_self\">Migrants and the internal divisions of the United Kingdom<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-05-21T22:34:08+00:00\">May 21, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\">Wojciech Bedy\u0144ski<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>The United Kingdom is not homogeneous, as was perfectly illustrated by the results of the 2016 Brexit referendum. While at the national level 51.9% of eligible voters voted to leave the European Union, in Scotland 62% of citizens voted to stay in its structures. In no administrative region in Scotland the majority was in favor [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=679\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Another Brexit Externality: Au pairs Wanted, Still not Allowed\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=679\" target=\"_self\">Another Brexit Externality: Au pairs Wanted, Still not Allowed<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-05-21T12:10:01+00:00\">May 21, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=9\" target=\"_self\">Petra Strnadova<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>As was mentioned in my previous blog, majority of the Slovak interviewees first came to Britain as au pairs. Until recently, it was the easiest and most affordable way for a&nbsp;young foreigner with a&nbsp;lack of qualifications or skills to find a job and explore the UK by living with the host family and taking care [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=674\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"&#8220;I have not seen my grandson in a year&#8221;- Czechs demand loosening of travel restrictions\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=674\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;I have not seen my grandson in a year&#8221;- Czechs demand loosening of travel restrictions<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-05-10T14:29:10+00:00\">May 10, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=7\" target=\"_self\">Karina Ho\u0159en\u00ed<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>Today, the group of Czech citizens living in the UK sent a petition demanding loosening of travel restriction to the Czech Ministry of Health. The petition that went public a week ago was signed by more than sixteen hundred Czech citizens.Currently, the Ministry of Health selects EU countries into three categories (red\/orange\/green). Red countries are [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=672\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"How does a young Slovak family evaluate life in Britain?\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=672\" target=\"_self\">How does a young Slovak family evaluate life in Britain?<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-05-02T16:28:24+00:00\">May 2, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=4\" target=\"_self\">Jana Pecnikova<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>In the V4 Brexit project, we at Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica follow the life strategies of Slovaks in Britain. In this article, we focus on how a young Slovak family evaluates the everyday life in Britain. They come from a small town in the East of Slovakia, where there were not many job [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=669\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"What does Brexit mean for (and not only) Hungarians? Let\u2019s talk about practicalities!\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=669\" target=\"_self\">What does Brexit mean for (and not only) Hungarians? Let\u2019s talk about practicalities!<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-04-29T12:27:24+00:00\">April 29, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=8\" target=\"_self\">Katalin Kov\u00e1ly<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>The previous post about Hungary described that in the last couple of years the United Kingdom has become one of the most attractive destinations in Western Europe for Hungarians migrants. The number of Hungarians permanently residing in the UK was around 100,000 in 2020 (however, presumably there is a significant group of Hungarian citizens, who [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=666\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"\u201cGood\u201d and \u201cBad\u201d Migrants in the Perception of Czechs living in the UK\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=666\" target=\"_self\">\u201cGood\u201d and \u201cBad\u201d Migrants in the Perception of Czechs living in the UK<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-04-12T12:48:15+00:00\">April 12, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=7\" target=\"_self\">Karina Ho\u0159en\u00ed<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>In today&#8217;s post we would like to describe an interesting feature of the interviews with the Czechs living in the UK that goes beyond life choices and strategies concerning Brexit. We will elaborate on ways how migrants in the UK were divided between desirable and undesirable in their speeches (with Czechs always on the right [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=657\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Brexit: a Sad Story with Happy End for Slovaks in the UK\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=657\" target=\"_self\">Brexit: a Sad Story with Happy End for Slovaks in the UK<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-04-06T22:29:39+00:00\">April 6, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=9\" target=\"_self\">Petra Strnadova<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>In the following article, we bring forward a brief report on the early-stage research conducted by the Slovak team from Matej Bel University, Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica. In similarity to our V4 colleagues, we have recruited our interview partners either on personal-acquaintance basis, or with help of the social networks, especially the expat groups. All our interviews [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=647\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Brief overview of the migration from Hungary to the United Kingdom since the EU accession\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=647\" target=\"_self\">Brief overview of the migration from Hungary to the United Kingdom since the EU accession<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-03-28T20:06:52+00:00\">March 28, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=3\" target=\"_self\">\u00c1gnes Er\u0151ss<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>The first blog post about Hungary aims to offer a very brief overview of the estimated volume and main features of migration from Hungary to the UK. The post is based on academic articles and on-line press sources. In the compilation of datasets, we rely on the results of G\u00e1bor Csontos, who spent three months [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=638\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Brexit?- Nothing Interesting for Czechs (So Far)\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=638\" target=\"_self\">Brexit?- Nothing Interesting for Czechs (So Far)<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-03-23T12:29:24+00:00\">March 23, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=7\" target=\"_self\">Karina Ho\u0159en\u00ed<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>How do Czechs living in the UK perceive and experience Brexit? Our team from the Institute of Sociological Studies at Charles University in Prague tries to understand these questions through interviews that we have been conducting since spring 2020- despite our hopes so far only online. In the first blog post of the Czech team, [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=635\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Unresolved issues around Brexit\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=635\" target=\"_self\">Unresolved issues around Brexit<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-03-16T12:11:30+00:00\">March 16, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=2\" target=\"_self\">Wojciech Bedy\u0144ski<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>At the session of the Polish parliamentary commission for liaison with Poles abroad on 24 February 2021, deputy vice head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pawe\u0142 Jab\u0142o\u0144ski informed about latest data on the EU Setllement Scheme. He declared that out of 903 thousand Polish citizens who applied for settled status, 662.800 thousand were approved [&hellip;]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"srpw-li srpw-clearfix\"><a class=\"srpw-img srpw-alignleft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=576\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark\"><img class=\"srpw-thumbnail srpw-default-thumbnail\" src=\"\/\/placehold.it\/45x45\/f0f0f0\/ccc\" alt=\"Brexit happened!\"><\/a><div class=\"srpw-content\"><a class=\"srpw-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?p=576\" target=\"_self\">Brexit happened!<\/a><div class=\"srpw-meta\"><time class=\"srpw-time published\" datetime=\"2021-02-01T14:15:19+00:00\">February 1, 2021<\/time><a class=\"srpw-author\" href=\"http:\/\/www.v4brexit.com\/?author=1\" target=\"_self\">admin<\/a><\/div><div class=\"srpw-summary\"><p>Brexit finally became real after a long process of negotiations concluded finally on the 24th December 2020 with the Trade and Cooperation Agreement signed by both parties and ratified by the UK and the council of EU ambassadors. 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