Thursday May 5, Slovenska Posta released the EUROPA 2006 stamp. The central motive of the postage stamp , which was chosen at the competition for young creative artists, is a flower with petals in four colours – white, red, yellow and brown, which are meant to characterize the connection of all races. The detail of the central seeds spiral with the chinese symbol of harmony and balance is seen on The First Day Cover.
During the years 1948-1989, approximately 300 thousand inhabitants of former Czechoslovakia left the country. They were opposing the former communist regime and they were hoping to find a more democratic environment abroad. It is estimated that out of this number, approx 80 to 100 thousand were Slovaks. Today Slovakia has opened its door to different groups of foreigners and migrants who wish to live on the territory of this country. Though most of the world’s estimated 150 million migrants are people searching for better economic and job opportunities abroad, there is still a specific group, that of the refugees, that consists in people who due to the well founded fear of persecution for reason of race, religion, nationality, membership of particular social group or political group are forced to flee and should be provided international protection.
