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It is in the interest of the European Union to maintain a good cooperation with Turkey, which currently hosts the largest number of refugees in the world. The review of the 2016 Statement on Migration and Asylum is on the agenda. However, this will not be an easy task, given the geopolitical tensions between Turkey […]

Conferences about the future of the European Union will likely lead to an amendment of the founding treaties, which will earliest take place in 2023, said Norbert Tóth, international lawyer and senior researcher at the Migration Research Institute on Kossuth Radio.

Our senior researcher, Norbert Tóth, said on Kossuth Radio that Joe Biden’s victory would mean an about-turn in U.S. migration policy. In America, the left uses the term minority when referring to groups which are in a subordinate position within the society. The presidential candidate promises in his program to create a pathway to U.S. […]

Our researcher Emese Kovács said on M1 TV that the coronavirus epidemic has temporarily reduced the number of asylum seekers in the Scandinavian countries, but the Danish government is preparing for another wave of migration and has already taken some countermeasures: declared the Damascus region safe and initiated a review of previously granted asylums to […]

Lebanon the number one transit country in the Middle East has sunk into chaos. One and a half million Syrians and hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees are living in poverty, half of Lebanese are living below the poverty line and one-third of young people are unemployed. Masses demand change, however, an alternative approach and […]

Bianka Speidl, senior researcher at the Migration Research Institute warned listeners of Karc FM radio, that there are already one and a half million Syrians and hundreds of thousands of refugees of other nations are living in Lebanon, who could set off with the Libyans at any time. In response to the demand, it is […]

Bianka Speidl, senior researcher at the Migration Research Institute told Kossuth Radio regarding the situation in Lebanon: the local political elite consists of the same factions that fought each other in the Civil War. Thus, instead of the interests of the Lebanese people, the interests of foreign sponsors and their local clients prevail.

Viktor Marsai, research director of the Migration Research Institute, told M1 TV that although, according to official figures the number of confirmed infections has now reached one million on the African continent, the real number may be much higher: in the Republic of South Africa alone, 17.000 more deaths occured this year than in the […]

Bianka Speidl, senior researcher of the Migration Research Institute, said to Magyar Nemzet that about forty percent of the country’s population was already living below the poverty line before the tragedy, and tens of thousands of Syrian refugees had lost their livelihoods due to economic problems. The economy has already been devastated by the virus, […]

Our senior researcher Bianka Speidl said on Kossuth Radio that since the end of the Civil War in 1990, the explosion has hit Lebanon in the worst situation, its citizens think of their own country as a fallen state, they consider the way the state is currently operating dysfunctional. The conversation starts from 07:50.

People are united in Lebanon; regardless of religious denomination they are demanding change. The situation of refugees in the country is also hopeless, said Speidl Bianka, senior researcher at the Migration Research Institute, on M1 TV.

Our researcher, Emese Kovács, said on M1 TV that similarly to the initial stage of the coronavirus epidemic large number of new cases occur again in the Somali communities in Denmark, which can be attributed to the social segregation of Somali immigrants.

Hungary is in favour of the former, as the abolition of sovereignty always has serious consequences. Bianka Speidl, senior researcher at the Migration Research Institute, was talking with János Frivaldszky, philosopher of law.

Janik Szabolcs, deputy director of the Migration Research Institute, said on Kossuth Radio that illegal migration poses clear epidemiological and public health risks: for example, 2/3 of the immigrant group rescued and transported to Malta last week turned out to be coronavirus infected. The conversation can be heard from 06:48.

Szabolcs Janik, deputy director of the Migration Research Institute, said on M1 TV that the deteriorating coronavirus situation in the Balkans exacerbates the risks associated with illegal migration, as it now also has epidemiological and public health implications.

Reading the official programme of the German EU Presidency we get a rather mixed picture regarding its migration objectives, as it includes side by side such measures as ensuring the protection of the external borders, improving the efficiency of repatriations, pre-screening of asylum seekers outside the EU and an equitable distribution of asylum seekers through […]

Europe is once again facing an increasing migratory pressure, especially on the Central Mediterranean and Western Balkans routes, following a temporary halt due to the coronavirus, said Szabolcs Janik, deputy director of the Migration Research Institute, on Karc FM Radio.

The recurrence of demonstrations and clashes suggests that Islamist terrorism is being replaced by protests, which are the most obvious means for non-European countries to influence European politics. The purpose of interfering in the domestic politics of European countries is more effectively served by mass demonstrations, as they use the tools of liberal democracies, by […]

If we look at the protests, we see that the participants absolutize a misunderstood conception of freedom and they are ready to submit everything to this ideology. If we take the demonstration in Berlin as an example: 45 police officers were injured here, which can be interpreted as an action against critical infrastructure, said Bianka […]

The recurrence of demonstrations and clashes suggests that Islamist terrorism is being replaced by protests, which are the most obvious means for non-European countries to influence European politics. The purpose of interfering in the domestic politics of European countries is more effectively served by mass demonstrations, as they use the tools of liberal democracies, by […]

In her presentation, Rocha Marrero addressed the areas where terrorist and organized crime groups cooperate with each other: what they learn from each other, and what are the activities and circumstances where they differ significantly from each other. The aim of our conference was to provide a better understanding of the current status, trends and […]

Our researcher, Márk Vargha, said on M1 TV that the left-wing Italian government named solidarity, i.e. the distribution of immigrants within the country, as the first step to deal with the extremely tense situation on Lampedusa.

In the competition for Africa Russia, counterbalancing its competitors’ resource advantages, has developed a significantly different tactic; trade with private armies and exclusive profit-orientation, said Róbert Gönczi, research assistant at the Migration Research Institute, on Karc FM Radio.

In poorer regions, the biggest problem is not the health impacts of COVID-19, rather the economic setbacks and damages which put the livelihoods of millions of people at risk. It is obvious that if they are left without income,this will aggravate their prospects. Precisely such factors play an important role when people make migration decisions, […]