A LONG TRIP TO PARADISE: A DARKER SIDE OF THE VIETNAMESE MIGRATION TO THE CZECH REPUBLIC

• Published in: Current politics and economics of South, Southeastern, and Central Asia Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 205 - 245
• Main Authors: Nožina, Miroslav, Kraus, Filip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hauppauge Nova Science Publishers, Inc 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Case studies; Contingencies; Criminal investigations; Criminality; Criminalization; Diaspora; Diplomatic & consular services; Economic reform; Immigrants; Immigration policy; International relations; Interviews; Labor force; Migrants; Migration; Minority & ethnic groups; Noncitizens; Organized crime; Profits; Smuggling; Tactics; Czech Republic; Vietnam; Eastern Europe; Europe; China; Taiwan; East Asia; Czechoslovakia; Australia; France; North America

The chapter is a study of Vietnamese migration to the Czech Republic, its modi operandi and the exploitative tactics developed by various agents involved in the process. As a result of historical contingencies, the European Union's third biggest Vietnamese diaspora - made up of 70 - 80,000 lega...