Ukrainian Middleman System of Labour Organisation in the Czech Republic

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Authors

ČERMÁKOVÁ Dita NEKORJAK Michal

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography)
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Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00505.x
Field Sociology, demography
Keywords Ethnic economy; irregular migration; organised crime; Ukraine; Czech Republic
Description Since the early 1990s, due to increasing immigration to the Czech Republic, a middleman system has been established in order to organize (irregular) labor of migrants mostly from Ukraine. Due to its extent, the breadth of activities involved and interconnection with Mafia structures, this system is relatively specific and plays a significant role within the labor migration environment. With respect to the fact that the middlemen and the migrant workers are mostly from Ukraine, we regard the entire system as a type of ethnic economy. This system has two hierarchic levels, the first of which deals with the procurement of irregular migrant labor. The second level is based on the relations between middlemen and organized crime. The paper tries to explain the causes for the establishment of the middleman system of labor organization, to describe its operation, and the roles and mutual links among individual actors.
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