Duration: 1.9.2024 - 31.8.2026
Programme: Štipendiá pre excelentných výskumníkov a výskumníčky, R2-R4 09I03-03-V04-00752
Principal Investigator: Rizza Kaye C. Cases, PhD

The research is a two-year project that aims to understand the processes, infrastructures, and networks involved in the recruitment and integration of Filipino migrant workers (as a case of third country nationals) in Czech Republic and Slovakia. The project is divided into two phases: (1) examining migration management and governance from the sending and receiving countries’ perspectives in order to have a more nuanced understanding of economic migration policies and corresponding practices from recruitment to integration, and (2) exploring the experiences of both migrants and various actors connected to them in the places of origin and destination, which would allow us not only to assess migration outcomes at the individual level (e.g., migrants’ feelings of belongingness and integration) but provide feedback to, hopefully, improve macro-level infrastructures and processes (e.g., creating more effective programs for migrant integration based on the actual needs of migrant).
Data collection and fieldwork will be conducted in both the sending country (Philippines) and the destination countries (Czech Republic and Slovakia). Apart from interviewing migrants in Czech Republic and Slovakia, a broad set of key informants (such as representatives and officers of embassies and relevant ministries, possibly recruitment agencies and employers, and officials of the newly established Department of Migrant Workers in Manila) will be also interviewed to share their experiences and insights concerning this particular migration stream.