MIGRATIONS AND THE RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGNERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Abstract

There are various reasons for the migration of the population in the world, from those of war and military, political and economic, then migrations driven by natural disasters, technological development and instabilities in the labor market. Labor migrations in the EU are mostly caused by the general dissatisfaction with situation in the labor market. The Republic of Croatia has increased the annual quota for the employment of foreign workers in 2018 to 22,000. Foreigners need to know the Croatian language at the level of basic communication and they easily get a job in the Republic of Croatia.

Freedom of movement of workers in the EU is regulated by the acquis communautaire and represents the legal source of primary law which regulates the access of the population to the EU labor market, which implies the provision of residence and employment of foreigners and their families, and equality of treatment towards nationals of another Member State as towards their own nationals (principle of non-discrimination).

It is thought that migrants pose a threat to workers of the countries they immigrate because the mobility within the EU has increased considerably in recent years.

Until now, the barriers have been mainly social, cultural and economic reasons, but as we move on, this becomes less and less a difficulty of labor force movement in the labor market.

A review on the employment of foreigners in Germany will be given, and the laws of the Republic of Croatia and Germany related to this issue will be considered.

The method of observation, comparative method and method of analysis and synthesis will be used in this paper.