15. August 2019 at 12:04

More and more foreigners coming to work in Slovakia

Ukrainians, Serbs and Romanians make up half of all foreigners on the Slovak labour market.

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The number of foreigners working in Slovakia has increased by 56,000 in the last five years. Ukrainians, Serbs and Romanians make up half of all foreigners working in Slovakia.

By the end of June 2014, there were 17,000 foreign citizens working in Slovakia, compared to more than 73,000 at the end of June 2019, the SITA newswire reported, citing data from the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family.

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The largest growing group among foreigners working in Slovakia are Ukrainians, of whom 18,200 were working in Slovakia by June 2019, compared to 892 five years ago, data from labour offices show.

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