(Not) Rolling Out the Welcome Mat: Non-EU Migration in the V4

This paper examines the non-European migration landscapes that have developed in the four countries of the Visegrád Group (V4 - Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia). This includes various types of migration: state-sanctioned labor-related migration, asylum-seeking migration, and illegal migration. It considers societal effects and political responses to these migratory developments. It does not explore the phenomenon of Ukrainian migration following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This is a significant development in all four countries, one that warrants separate treatment, and appears in this paper only as it relates to wider processes. This paper aims to present critical migration dilemmas in this region in a manner unlikely to be encountered in Western corporate media.