Sofia hosts forum on migrant workers, decent work and belonging

An international conference entitled “Europe on the Move: Labour Migrants or Mobile Workers? What Does It Mean to Have Decent Work and to Belong?” will take place on 4 and 5 November 2026 at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ main building in Sofia, the academy announced on its website. The organisers are the academy’s Institute for Population and Human Studies and the Bulgarian Red Cross.

Millions of people work far from home: Bulgarians in other European countries and foreign nationals in Bulgaria. The conference asks what they need to secure decent working conditions, equal rights and a meaningful place in the society in which they live.

Participants include representatives of state institutions, international organisations, NGOs and universities from Bulgaria, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Ukraine, as well as employers.

Editor: Miglena Ivanova