International conference: “HUMAN FORUM 2019 – Elections as an essential tool for democracy”

Learning to live with discrimination

“…The increase in the number of migrants into Europe has proved to be a political challenge to the countries of Europe (Androvičová & Bolečeková, 2019;Bartram et al, 2014;Castles, 2000Castles, , 2018Karagiannis & Randeria, 2018). The governments of these countries have found this challenge difficult to handle.…”

“…The acknowledgment of differences and celebration of diversity might not always translate to positive experiences for migrants as it has been found out that in some societies, certain categories of immigrants (for example, those who are poor, those who lack legal permission to stay in the country, those who are under skilled, persons from certain countries or persons with different religious or ethnic backgrounds) are discriminated and live on the margins with poor opportunities for development if there are no intentional actions to counter discriminatory practices (Androvičová & Bolečeková, 2019;Portes, 2009). The question is: How does discrimination work for these migrants, notably for asylum seekers and refugees, who typically belong to the most marginalised categories (maybe not always, like the Ukrainian refugees who were received warmly by the countries of Europe)?…”