BUREAUCRATIC barriers, language problems and a discriminatory labour market: these are only a few of the difficulties that migrants experience to some extent anywhere in the world. In Slovakia, however, these barriers tend to be worse than almost every where else in Europe or North America, with expert observers saying this is because elected officials and policymakers do not consider migration an important or pressing topic.
Slovakia ranked third from the bottom among 31 countries evaluated in the recentl ypublished Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX III), with only Cyprus and Latvia getting worse results. The MIPEX III report stated that Slovakia had not made much progress in improving its migration policies and newcomers to the country experience weak and incoherent practices.
