This picture was made at September in International Airport Dulles in Washington D.C. It shows how I waited my comeback home. I was sitting there about 16 hours: night and part of morning. I met there last sunrise in USA, a most wonderful sunrise. This photo is one of my lovely photos. My feelings were amazing; I never felt anything like this before. I have received the migration experience, when participated in international exchange program “Work and travel”, that's why I consider myself to a temporary student migration. Each one of us can try my experience and experience of the same students. It's more important to back in native country with good thoughts and great ideas.

At first sight this is just a usual photo. However if you look from the other side you can see much tremulous tenderness and love on it. The face of elderly man glows with kindness and warmth.
This snapshot was made during two Belarusian students travelling to Portugal National park. The man by name Petro, whose motherland is Ukraine, lives in Portugal for a long time. This moment of meeting with the birch was for him once all that transferred him to the country of memories and country of his childhood. The moment of absolute happiness – here it is!

Migration… This word really means a lot to me. 7 years ago I had a life changing experience of participation in the Future Leaders Exchange Program. Coming to the United States was my big dream. No one believed I could win, but miracles do happen. I went to America for a year and met really close to me people. This picture illustrates the bittersweet moment of me leaving back home.

I wanted so bad to scream and cry
And even more – to stay a little longer.
I found out that to say “goodbye”
Is truly harder than to say “hello”.

Today we live a globalised world, meaning that people have the opportunities to experience new worlds and meet new people. I was also one of the lucky students to get the chance to visit the USA in 2010. It is then that this memorable picture was taken by the Escio Fulong family, who has organized a surprise party for my birthday, 25thof July. All of them are present in the picture, and when I look at it my heart fills with happiness and joy, as they have all become dear to me and I will always be grateful for their support and kindness.

Jana Stefancic is from Alesd, a small town in Bihor county in north-western part of Romania and we´ve been friends for three years. She is studying flute at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, and graduates this year. The fact, that she is studying in Slovakia isn´t such a coincidence, because her ancestors were from Slovakia, and in 19th century they emigrated to Romania with many other Slovaks to find a better place for their living. That´s why some people in north-western part of Romania have close relations with people living in Slovakia and they speak Slovak like Jana does.

Children in this photo represents Slovak minority in Romania (this is specifically from village Gemelcícka (rom. Fagetu) in Bihor-salaj region in northwestern Romania). Slovaks migrated there mostly in 18th and 19th century mainly from Central and Eastern Slovakia (north part of Hungary kingdom at that time). Currently, in this region live about 10,000 Slovaks. These have preserved Slovak language, habits and still have basic education in their mother tongue due to teachers who arrive from Slovakia (elementary school is in the back of the photo).

In the photograph there is Bozhena from Ukraine standing at the confluence of the rivers Morava and Danube. She is an ambitious and open minded girl, trying to get as much useful experience as possible already during her studies at university. She came to Slovakia through a volunteering programme. She helped at a high school with teaching disabled students English language for two months. It is a great opportunity for young people to be able to live abroad for some time. It was nice to meet Bozhena both as a person and also an eastern European.

Tuvan archaeological expedition. I was going there for new friends and landscapes that inspire. As it turned out, not only the scenery is inspiring though it was really impressive. I want to dedicate this story to archaeologists. From April to October, in severe sharply continental climate they are doing things they love. Yes, exactly, their labor of love. You would not dig the ground just for the sake of it, in the 40-degree heat or rain and cold, or live six months in a tent far away from the house and civilization. Migrations form the lifestyle for these people. For nearly 50 years archaeologists come to the Tuvan steppe to explore the culture of ancient Scythian nomads.

One of the main reasons for immigration is poverty, especially for those looking to move from poor third world countries into the developed world. Another reason that many people will give for immigration is for economic reasons, especially in industries where some countries can be much more advanced and highly paid than others. Education: other countries are attired with a huge range of educational opportunities. Be it top-class universities, high schools, colleges, professional institutes or no matter what, students can get themselves enrolled in any of them in accordance with their preference levels.

Devastated by emigration: a mountain village in Georgia
This photo was taken during the expedition of the ''Rural Sociologists' Club'' and depicts one of many villages in Georgia which is on the edge of extinction. The aim of the club is to study and analyse the challenges of villages, as well as the effect of transformation on the rural communities caused by migration.
Young people, representing the main labor and reproductive force, leave villages because there is no proper infrastructure and services, like roads, transport and internet provision, etc. Consequently, socioeconomic situation is difficult and pushes out population to urban places, often outside the country.