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Article: Shattered dreams: the plight of migrant workers in Europe during the economic crisis.(IMMIGRATION)(Report)
- Article from:
- The New Presence: The Prague Journal of Central European Affairs
- Article date:
- March 22, 2009
- Author:
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Tuul Terbish works about fifteen hours a day, six days a week in a bakery in Plzeo. She has a degree in dentistry but has not been able to find work in her field. Her long work hours prevent her from spending time with her daughter, and she says that baking bread at a stove for such long shifts is difficult. The workers' agency that arranged for her initial job placement and arrival in the Czech Republic also serves as her legal employer, and takes half of her salary each month leaving her with no savings. She is worried that she will soon lose her job and be forced to return home.
Her case is not unique; it illustrates a common predicament among many of the ...