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SHS Web Conf.
Volume 74, 2020
The 19th International Scientific Conference Globalization and its Socio-Economic Consequences 2019 – Sustainability in the Global-Knowledge Economy
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Article Number | 05011 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
Section | Regions and Economic Resilience | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20207405011 | |
Published online | 10 January 2020 |
Economic Migration of Eastern Europeans in the UK after the UK Referendum Held in 2016
University of Economics Prague, Department of Economics and Social Policy, W. Churchill Sq. 4, 130 67 Prague 3, Czech Republic
* Corresponding author: kotynkov@vse.cz
The economic status of Eastern European migrants has become a major issue in the UK, as it was one of the main arguments for leaving the European Union in the 2016 Referendum. The negative view on migrants from Eastern Europe in the UK relies on the fact that these migrants are a major burden for the British social and healthcare system. At the same time, however, the issue of modern slavery is discussed, based on the fact that Eastern Europeans in the UK are willing to work under undignified working conditions. The aim of the paper is to analyse and evaluate the economic status of Eastern Europeans on the UK labour market. The paper is based on the theoretical concept of the dual labour market, which is used in the analysis of real data. The dataset used was prepared by the UK Office for National Statistics (GB): As the conclusion, the expected changes in migration of the Eastern Europeans after the UK’s leaving the European Union, currently scheduled for 31 November 2020, are given.
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