Migration in the Czech Republic

Abstract

The article overviews tbe most important trends in the international migration on tbe territory of the Czech Republic since 1918. The paper concentrates specifically on tbe last decade, when political and economical transformation processes have inf1uenced on patterns of international migration. The negative migration balance ofmigration have changed to positives ones - tbe Czech Republic is going to be an immigration country. Labor migration from former eastern block plays tbe decisive role in immigration to the Czech Republic. 80tb data for legal and iIIegal migration are presented and analysed.