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Košice, 25. júla 2013 – Jedinečné multikultúrne podujatie Svet na dlani v sobotu 27. júla 2013 o 17.00 hod. v priestore Trixen Wake&Ski parku na Sídlisku nad Jazerom v Košiciach symbolicky spojí rôzne kultúry sveta. Podujatie organizuje Migračné informačné centrum IOM v spolupráci so zástupcami komunít migrantov z Latinskej Ameriky, Indie a Thajska.

Although hundreds of Slovaks leave the country every year to look for a better future abroad, Fernando, a young man from Guatemala, found happiness in Slovakia after he fell in love with a Slovak woman, the Slovak traditional dish, bryndzové halušky, and the cold weather.

Slovakia might not be the first-choice destination for students seeking an international experience during their studies but nevertheless a fair number of students from all parts of the world are living, studying, and sometimes also staying to work in one of Slovakia’s cities.

Seeking a place where he could feel safe Abdi, a young Somali refugee, was smuggled last year to territory near the Slovak-Ukraine border where, exhausted from crossing mountains for three days, he was caught by Slovakia’s border police.

Slovakia can be seen as a safe country with much better living conditions for those fleeing from economically-unstable nations or regions stricken with war. But even citizens of economically-developed nations can find that Slovakia has huge potential for those who want to invest, establish new enterprises and start new lives. That was the challenge that attracted Frédéric Miskiewicz to settle in Slovakia.

Falling into a trap set by human traffickers changed his life. Július, a man in his fifties, accepted an opportunity to leave a region of Slovakia with high unemployment to earn some money abroad. Everything seemed to be all right, his future employer even drove him by car to Italy. Upon arrival, however, he was confronted with the reality that rather than the promised job on a construction site he was forced to beg and collect money for his captors. Having no place to sleep, living on the street in the same clothes with little food, and under permanent threat from his captors, Július suffered greatly until he was rescued by Slovak tourists who took him to a local police station.

Employing foreigners in Slovakia has some pitfalls as well as positive aspects for employers. Foreign nationals living in Slovakia, or those seeking to come here for work, are highly motivated to find and keep a job or to improve their qualifications. Foreign nationals can bring new ideas to workplaces and enrich their colleagues by their knowledge of different cultural and work experiences. When hiring a foreigner, an employer also acquires an employee who has mastered several languages, which can help in communication with customers in other parts of the world.

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Bratislava, 27. marca 2013 – Medzinárodná organizácia pre migráciu (IOM) v spolupráci s režisérom Marcelom Pázmanom vytvorili nový dokumentárny film Aj my sme tu doma, ktorý cez konkrétne príbehy rozpráva o živote migrantov na Slovensku, poukazuje na postoje slovenskej verejnosti k nim a realitu migrácie u nás. Film predstavili v stredu 27. marca 2013 o 14.00 hod. na verejnej prezentácii v Kine Lumière v Bratislave.

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Bratislava, 21. marca 2013 – IOM Medzinárodná organizácia pre migráciu vydala štúdiu o skúsenostiach migrantov a migrantiek na Slovensku s násilím a zneužívaním. Štúdia sa zameriava na násilie v kontexte verejného priestoru (motivované predsudkami a nenávisťou), domáce násilie a násilie na pracovisku (nútenú prácu a pracovné zneužívanie).

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Bratislava, 22. januára 2013 – Migračné informačné centrum IOM organizuje 24. januára 2013 od 12.00 do 17.00 hod. vo svojich priestoroch na Grösslingovej 4 v Bratislave ďalší deň špecializovaného poradenstva pre cudzincov z krajín mimo EÚ, tzv. One Stop Shop.