International Organization for Migration (IOM) as the coordinator of the Slovak EMN National Contact Point organised educational seminar entitled Labour Migration Opportunities and Challenges. The seminar took place in Bratislava on 20 - 22 August 2013. 38 representatives of state and public administration, non-governmental organisations and academia attended the seminar as participants.

The seminar hosted 12 Slovak and foreign speakers from Bratislava, Prague, Krems, London, Loughborough, Brussels, Rome and Geneva. During three days, the participants enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about the labour migration management, the status of labour migrants – third country nationals – on the labour market, risk factors of labour migration and human trafficking. Furthermore, EMN NCP presented EMN activities and publications, and their use in a professional activity.

Accompanying programme of the seminar was screening of the documentary film “The Tree Workers Case” on labour exploitation, followed by a discussion with counter-trafficking experts.

Further information about the EMN seminar can be found here.

Photos from the EMN seminar are available here.