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STATUS OF RECOGNIZED APPLICANTS FOR ASYLUM IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AFTER ENTRY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
SVOBODOVÁ, Iva
The Bachelor thesis deals with the status of refugees in the Czech Republic after 2004, when the Czech Republic joined the European Union. Its aim is to highlight the problems that occur in connection with the phenomenon of refugees in our country and present an overview of asylum policy in the Czech Republic In the first part the reader familiarizes with basic concepts that will accompany him throughout the work. The reader will also get an overview of the primary sources, which cover the international law concerning refugees. Furthermore, this theoretical part is aimed at development of asylum policy in the Czech Republic before and after 1991, when the Convention on the Status of Refugees has been ratified. And the changes brought by the accession of the Czech Republic into the European Union. After that, we will go through the asylum procedure from the foreigners` entry to the territory of our country to official decision regarding the refugee status obtaining. I compare the stay of foreigners in the various refugee centers, especially their rights and obligations and the availability of services. An integration of asylum seekers and recognized refugees is a subject of the further part of the thesis, in which we look at the integration process itself with eyes of different authors and where we highlight the errors occuring during the integration process. It is also a look at the state{\crq}s approach to the integration of refugees, primarily the State Integration Program is concerned. A detailed analysis of one area of the refugees` life is made, which is their approach to an education. A relationship between the Czech society and the refugees is described, based on the perspective of CVVM, Stem and the Czech Statistical Office. Regular studies are being carried out regarding this topic. Finally, we will acquaint with activities of intergovernmental and international organization UNHCR and selected NGOs working in the field of migration.
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