Labour Market Disadvantages Faced by Migrant Workers from Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia in Britain

Andrej Privara; Eva Rievajová; Mustafa Murat Yüceşahin

doi:10.59670/ml.v16i4.720

Authors

Andrej Privara University of Economics in Bratislava
Eva Rievajová Department of Public Administration and Regional Development · University of Economics in Bratislava
Mustafa Murat Yüceşahin Ankara University, Department of Geography

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v16i4.720

Keywords:

residential migration trajectories, mechanisms of personal networks' reconstruction, network geography, spatiality of personal networks, family ties

Abstract

Britain saw, between 2004 and 2014, a large number of movers arriving from the new member states of the European Union in Eastern Europe. Polish movers, being the largest national group, received much attention from academia, media and the wider public. Nevertheless, the movers from smaller nations, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia, the A3 countries, have been overlooked. This article explores the labour market outcomes in relation to qualifications for migrant workers from these three countries in Britain. Our analysis is based on the 2012 Annual Population Survey data. Findings show that there were significant differences indicating possible disadvantages and discrimination faced by these migrant workers. Over-qualification was relatively high among the movers from the three selected countries.

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