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Martin Kahanec in SME on foreign workers in Slovak factories
Martin Kahanec in SME on foreign workers in Slovak factories
Published on Oct. 27, 2026
A new article in SME daily looks at how foreign workers structure in Slovakia is changing.
About 150,000 foreigners now work in Slovakia, twice as many as five years ago.
A new article in SME daily looks at how their structure is changing: fewer workers from Romania and Hungary, more from Vietnam, the Philippines and other non-European countries.
CELSI founder and Scientific Director Martin Kahanec points out that Slovakia's position in the competition for international talent is getting weaker.
Migration is regulated, but in practice it is driven by employers' current demand, often through agencies, and lacks a long-term strategy.
"We need migration that not only fills jobs, but helps create better and more productive job opportunities."
đź”— Read the full article (in Slovak) by Peter Apolen in SME at: https://www.sme.sk/index/c/kto-bude-robit-v-slovenskych-fabrikach-europania-odisli-diery-plataju-indovia-a-filipinci
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