asian workers face tensions in czech republic

The New York Times reports on a large influx of Asian workers in the Czech Republic, including tens of thousands from China, Mongolia, Vietnam and elsewhere, who were recruited to come to Eastern Europe to become low-skilled laborers during an economic boom, but have since been hit hard by a sudden downturn: Czechs Cool to Presence of Workers From Asia.

Not only has the Czech Republic's sagging economy driven many Czechs to seek the low-wage work they once left to foreign laborers, there has been a sudden corresponding surge of resentment against minority groups -- including acts of aggression violence. Does this situation sound familiar?