My diploma thesis deals with trends of migration in Europe after 1918 with a particular regard to Czech Republic region. It consists of 5 chapters. The first chapter is aimed at the main definitions concerning migration. The second chapter deals with streams of migration in Europe between 1918 and 1945. The chapter is divided into several subchapters examining the situation between, during and after World War II in European and Czech region. The third chapter reflects the period of Cold War when the migration was of post-colonial or labour character or it was influenced by asylum requests. In addition, the chapter mentions the question of Czechoslovakia which was attached to the eastern communist block after World War II. The fourth chapter is aimed at the migration after 1989 which was defined mainly by the fall of Iron curtain. This event was accompanied by increasing number of eastern migrants and by fear of European Community connected with it. The ?European fortress? started to be built during this period and the main manifestation of this phenomenon was strong restriction outwards and liberation inside. Asylum policy was influenced by war conflicts in Yugoslavia in nineties. The last chapter deals with the Czech Republic after 1989 and it is divided into 3 subchapters ? period between 1989 and 2004, period after joining the European Union and general trends of Czech migration in the last years.

This diploma thesis deals with minorities in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is mainly focused on the current situation of the political scene in relation to the minority issues and development of Germany as a new European multicultural superpower. The Federal Republic of Germany has experienced a significant influx of immigrants since the middle of the previous century and the number of them reaches nine percent of the total population nowadays. The most numerous group of foreigners are the Turks with more than 1,5 milion of them living there. The theme of the thesis is treated as a historical and geographic development of selected minorities in the Feredral Republic of Germany from the so-called multicultural viewpoint, which is the base stone that helps to understand both, the individuals and the groups of different cultures, which highlights the cultural diversity. Data regarding immigration of population from available sources are commented on in the framework of the quantitative research. Another point is the prognosis of immigration of population at the level of federation The aim of the thesis is to introduce the background of ethnic composition of minorities in Germany in the framework of assertion of the current immigration policy. This diploma thesis also deals with issues related to immigration, employment policy and social policy in Germany.

This diploma thesis is devoted to the analysis of both demographic and socioeconomic development of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic with the focus on Karlovy Vary region and Ústí nad Labem region based on the available data. This study is composed of two basic sections, which present theoretic aspects and analysis. The first section explains basic terms, theories, history of Vietnamese migration, changes in the motives of migration and the laws that affect foreigners. This part of the thesis also describes changes in the law that affected the sources of the data and their consistency. The second part presents demographic analysis and comparison of the development of the foreigners and the Vietnamese population. On the basis of the result of my analysis the study also includes their estimated future development, which was assessed using trend functions. This thesis is aimed at evaluating the applicability of some of the migration theories on Vietnamese community. Lastly, the study describes the characteristics and socioeconomic activities of the Vietnamese community in Ústi nad Labem and Karlovy Vary region.

In my diploma thesis called Black Novels on the 20th Century African American Northward Migration I am going to examine the novel in African American literature with a particular focus on the migration from the South to the North inside the United States following the First World War. At first the work will recapitulate the history of this African American migration - its causes and its effects. The motif of the North as the "promised land" and how, in most cases, migrant characters in these works experienced this form of the "American Dream" myth will be analyzed. Finally, the racism by whites of the South will be compared to the racism by whites in the North.

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