In a podcast of Mérce CELSI Researcher Tibor T. Meszmann discussed the precarious employment conditions of migrant workers in Central Europe.

Over the last decade, so-called 'guest worker' programmes have become a reality across Eastern EU member states, sparking controversy - yet with little political effort to find socially integrative solutions.

In a podcast of Mérce, 🇭🇺 Hungary's first independent, reader-funded news portal, CELSI Senior Researcher Tibor T. Meszmann discussed the labour market status and precarious employment conditions of migrant workers in Central Europe.

🎧 Listen to the podcast (in 🇭🇺 Hungarian) here: https://merce.hu/2026/06/08/kontenerekbe-zarjak-a-dolgozokat-es-remelik-hogy-a-rabokat-gyuloljuk-meg-nem-pedig-a-bortonoket/

He reflected especially on the findings of the recently published CELSI Discussion Paper "Expansion of Flexibility and Its Limits: The Rise and Retreat of Serbian Temporary Workers in Slovak Automotives", co-written with Dragan Aleksić, Mihail Arandarenko, and Ines Chrťan.

📖 Read CELSI Discussion Paper “The Rise and Retreat of Serbian Temporary Workers in Slovak Automotives” at: https://celsi.sk/media/discussion_papers/CELSI_DP_77_mCfOdMB.pdf

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