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“We planned to leave Russia back in 2019. Our son intended to study in the Czech Republic, so we were looking for a nearby country. We considered the Czech Republic, Poland, and even Slovenia, but in the end, we chose Slovakia. Several factors influenced our decision—besides being close to our son, Slovakia offered affordable housing, GDP growth, and the prospect of a stable economy. We knew that adapting to a non-Slavic country at the age of 40 would be much more challenging."
“Seven years ago, I came to Bratislava with two teenagers, hoping for a new beginning," recalls Marija Rakočević about her early days in Slovakia. "Saying goodbye to Serbia, a well-established career in finance and accounting, and family and friends was not easy. Starting over after forty in a new country with a new language brought fear and uncertainty. But today, Bratislava is my home."
"Two suitcases. That was all my daughters, and I had when we fled the horrors of war. My youngest was just three months old, and the older, three and a half years old. Cherkasy, our beloved city just an hour from Kyiv, had suddenly become a memory. Fear, uncertainty, and despair accompanied me every step of the way."
International Migrants Day, celebrated on 18 December, highlights the contributions of migrants to society and the challenges they face. To mark the occasion, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new campaign, Together We Make Slovakia.
The International Organization for Migration in Bratislava is selling in auction a vehicle Ford Focus!
We are happy to announce open call for Expression of Interest (EOI) for participants with expertise in medical and social care of vulnerable social groups in Slovakia.
We cordially invite you to the evening programme of the EMN Educational Seminar on Migration that will be dedicated to the lives of refugees. At the occasion of the World Refugee Day that falls each year on 20 June, we will commemorate the courage of tens of millions of people that left their homes and families due to persecution, conflicts or human rights violations. Evening programme is for free. Book your tickets for the EMN Discussion evening with a play of Nová scéna Theatre: Home, Where is Yours? and a screening of the film The Old Oak.
Regional MIC branches in other regional cities will cease providing services as of March 31, 2024.
From April 1, 2024, MIC will continue to offer its core services in 📍Bratislava and 📍Košice.
For any inquiries, you can contact us through:
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📞MIC Information Hotline: 0850 211 478 (reduced tariff calls only from Slovakia)
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Thank you for your understanding.
February 2022 called into action a myriad of stakeholders. Various accommodation providers were among them, ready to shelter people from war-affected Ukraine across all regions in Slovakia. Whether from a humanitarian motive, willingness to help or simply responsibility and duty, the migration situation following the invasion in Ukraine requested a prompt, all-hands-on-deck approach.
With increasing global migration and forced displacement, many migrants face risks of insecurity, violence, exploitation, abuse, and violation of their rights. During the seminar we have looked at what makes migrants vulnerable and how to protect them, which kind of power passports have in global mobility as well as in access to opportunities, and why we keep hearing about migrant caravans. Listen to a series of podcasts of the European Migration Network (EMN) Slovakia on this topic.
