Foreign citizens migration in Prague in 2012-2015: trends and determinants

Residential mobility is a process that affects the lives of individuals, in which both the physical distance and the social distance often changes, i.e. it is associated with social mobility. At the same time, it is a process, which significantly contributes to the formation of the environment and the character of urban localities. The diploma thesis focuses on the residential mobility of foreigners in the years 2012-2015 within Prague, on its trends and conditions. The aim of the diploma thesis is to find out how the foreigners housing change depends on their migration. It focuses on the question of which foreigners have a better chance of moving to worse and which, on the contrary, to better conditions. The introductory part of the diploma thesis is devoted to theoretical approaches to the studied problems. The empirical part is devoted to both the general characteristics of migrant foreigners and the general development of their residential mobility, as well as the identification of the factors of migration. Interviews with selected members of foreigners from Mediterranean countries try to validate the results of hard statistical data. Keywords: migration, residential mobility, foreigners, Pragu