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Our research director, Viktor Marsai co-published a scientific article with Máté Szalai in the Journal of Borderlands Studies. The study examines the process by which Arab Gulf States have gained increasing influence in the Horn of Africa in recent years, and how conflicts between Arab countries affect the dynamics of the Somali crisis.

According to an Ipsos survey from last November, 67% of Americans mean that the borders should be closed until the corona virus pandemic subsides, however, President Biden’s immigration policy could indeed encourage thousands of Central Americans to leave their country, said our researcher, Klaudia Tóth on Hit Radio.

Soldiers of the Islamic State had blown up every monument in Palmyra which reminded them that the area, before the advent of Islam, was ruled by a high, but in their opinion idolatrous civilization, usually this extreme attitude motivated the destructions. The demolition of monuments by ISIS in Syria and Iraq has caused immeasurable damage, […]

Viktor Marsai, research director of the Migration Research Institute told M1 TV that the integration of the communities which arrived with the 2015-16 migration wave to Austria will be very challenging due to their lack of language skills and relatively low level of education.

Our research director, Viktor Marsai spoke about the Egyptian government’s mega-project, the New Administrative Capital, on Kossuth Radio. He told that the investment serves both symbolic and economic objectives.

The country was once afflicted by a bloody civil war, then the exploration of a vast natural gas field gave hope for a brighter future; but now newly nestled, Christian-exterminating jihadists are tormenting the already much-suffered Mozambique. The country’s Marxist leadership is trying too late to take action against Islamists who are beginning to threaten […]

Klaudia Tóth, researcher of the Migration Research Institute, told M1 TV that according to the latest report of the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), around 1.2 billion people could leave their homes by 2050 due to various social, economic and environmental challenges. The conversation starts at 07:00.

The negative consequences of decades of mass immigration have led to a social and political consensus in recent years in favor of tightening Danish migration policy, said Szabolcs Janik, deputy director of the Migration Research Institute, on Kossuth Radio.

Joe Biden wants to grant U.S. citizenship to about 11 million people who have either entered the United States illegally or are still in the country after their visas have expired. The president’s more liberal immigration policy could be attractive to Latin Americans, therefore new masses of people could leave for example Honduras, Guatemala or […]

In an interview with the Magyar Nemzet, Viktor Marsai, the research director of the Migration Research Institute, emphasized that certain “innovations” of terrorism are often imported from Africa. Such practices for example when a terrorist organization controls territories, operates an administration there, levies taxes, did not start with the Islamic State, Boko Haram or al-Shabaab […]

Our researcher, Emese Kovács told the Magyar Hírlap regarding the impeachment proceeding against the former Minister of Immigration and Integration, Inger Støjberg that although the case has a legal basis, it is in fact a political cleansing. The current president of Venstre, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, who has the next election in mind, has himself initiated the […]

Janik Szabolcs, the deputy director of the Migration Research Institute, told Karc FM radio that OECD countries received more than five million migrants last year, but in the first half of 2020 the number of residence permits issued almost halved, leaving many positions unfilled.

Our researcher, Márk Vargha comprehensively evaluated at Karc FM radio the European migration processes of the past year, the events that took place on the four main routes, and also covered legislative and juridical curiosities.

Our researcher, Márk Vargha, accompanied by József Horváth, was the guest of Kossuth Radio, where he said that the cause of migration from West Africa to the Canary Islands — besides the declining fish catches and the economic crisis generated by the COVID situation — is the illusion about the European way of life, which […]

Our researcher, Emese Kovács said on M1 TV that the experiences of the last 30 years show that immigrants from developing countries are very difficult to integrate into the European labor market due to their low qualifications. Taking the Scandinavian countries as an example, we can see how failed integration of immigrants has resulted in […]

The issue of migration was a separate topic in a large-scale survey called the “Europe Project”, which was conducted by the Századvég Foundation. The study surveyed 30,000 European citizens from 30 countries (covering all EU Member States). The results could be interesting and useful for everyone, wrote Janik Szabolcs, the deputy director of the Migration […]

This last online event of this year was co-hosted by the Migration Research Institute and the newly established Climate Policy Institute. The online conference aimed to answer the question, whether climate change could cause further waves of migration. Even though the three presenters approached the issue differently, they have reached similar conclusions.

Our senior researcher, Norbert Tóth said on Kossuth Radio that the European Commission would help the European integration of future migrants by organizing pre-departure programs (for instance language courses).

Have the European Christian Democrats given up their principles? Can the EU replace NATO? What about al-Qaeda and the Islamic State? Is there a terrorism threat in Hungary today? The relationship between illegal migration and terrorism and the future of Europe have been discussed at the conference of the Migration Research Institute.

Viktor Marsai, research director of the Migration Research Institute told M1 TV that the European Union and the African countries which are the main beneficiaries of the Cotonou Agreement, approach the question of illegal migration quite differently. For the EU it is crucial to protect its own interest on this matter.

Viktor Marsai, research director of the Migration Research Institute told M1 TV that we have witnessed an exponential growth of illegal immigrants on the Canary Islands in the past couple of weeks, and this could severely affect the tourist sector of the island.

If Afghanistan get destabilized, and it basically did, it will probably drag Tajikistan down, from there Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are just a stone’s throw away, and that would pose a threat to Russia, said Robert Gönczi, research assistant of the Migration Research Institute on FIX TV.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner Ethiopian Prime Minister has waged war against the Tigrayans, who were previously in power, their sympathisers are now bombed by the Ethiopian Air Force. A period of consolidation and development has ended abruptly in this ancient African country, while millions of middle-class citizens are considering emigration. An article by Viktor […]

The attack in Nice proves the complete failure of immigration policy, and the riot in Vienna shows that the countries of origin are able to manipulate migrants. In both cases, a crime against civilization was committed. Our senior researcher, Bianka Speidl talked about the terrorist attack in Nice and the vandalism of Antonskirche in Wien […]