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Swiss Barrier

In a referendum on February 9, 2014, the Swiss people decided to limit the influx of labor migrants from EU countries. But how exactly to implement the people's 'mandate', in what format, and what to…

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Migrant Workers Go into the Shadows

The number of people wanting to legally formalize their work in Russia fell by 44%. As experts believe, some of them moved into the shadow sector due to the patent system. Changes in legislation…

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Czechs Were Refugees Too

Illegal translators across borders. Today this topic is more relevant than ever, and it refers to a completely unambiguous phenomenon. Some people help others for money to cross the border, moving…

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Countless Refugees

For many decades, Germany remained a very attractive destination for migrants from various crisis regions around the world. But an influx like the one in 2015 had never occurred in the modern history…

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New Cabinet of Canada

The new Cabinet of Canada, headed by Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister (the highest official in the Canadian hierarchy of power), was sworn in on November 4, 2015. "Russian Toronto" reports on the new…

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Heading to Poland

The number of Ukrainian youth in Polish universities is growing rapidly. In the last academic year, Polish higher education institutions had over 20,000 Ukrainians on full-cycle programs alone…

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Challenges of the "Great Migration"

A meeting of the Committee of Civil Initiatives held in Russia, dedicated to discussing the report 'Cross-Border Migration and Challenges for Russia,' effectively turned into a comparison of the…

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The Time of Justin Trudeau

Canada enters a new phase in its history. The federal elections held on October 19, 2015, have radically changed the balance of political forces in the country and drawn a thick line under the…

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Let Those Who Are Needed Come

What will the mass influx of refugees mean for the German economy? Not only ordinary Germans but also the country's leading economists are now debating this. As Deutsche Welle notes, the discussion…

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Problems of the Swedish family

"Swedish socialism" is a term that has become a byword. Indeed, the social system of this northern country is structured in such a way as to make the lives of its citizens as comfortable as possible…

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More chances than risks

Leading economic institutes in Germany are calculating the consequences of the mass influx of refugees into the country and predict stable growth of German GDP. Deutsche Welle analyzed the…

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Migrants have occupied Europe

Having entered Europe, refugees strive to move from less prosperous southern European countries to the rich northern ones. Their flow has caused a full-blown transport crisis in the center of the EU…

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