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Non-western immigrants of Scandinavia have a higher incidence of coronavirus disease than their ratio in the local population. This phenomenon can be partly explained by their culture, which is characterized by distrust towards authorities and rigid compliance to community norms and religious rules even if it constitutes a misdemeanor offence – said Emese Kovács, researcher of Migration Research […]

The coronavirus epidemic has worsened the situation in Afghanistan, the unemployment was very high even before the outbreak due to the long-running civil war. There are no transit zones on the border of Afghanistan, therefore no medical examinations had been carried out on guest workers and illegal immigrants coming through there, which constitutes a serious […]

Emese Kovács, our researcher evaluated the Swedish open society approach to coronavirus epidemic on Kossuth Radio in the programme Good morning Hungary! She said, while the theory of herd immunity is an epidemiological question, from a sociological point of view, we can state that the Swedish strategy ignored the cultural, economic and social differences between […]

According to the latest data thousands of people arrived to Bosnia in two weeks, the authorities strengthened border protection – in vain. Bianka Speidl, researcher of the Migration Research Institute said on TV that the EU-Turkey migration pack seems to be less effective, but to keep the deal functional should be the EU’s top priority. […]

A Greek Chatolic priest, Naim Gharbi is organizing a summer camp in a safe zone of Syria, for about one thousand children and people with disabilities. Bianka Speidl, senior researcher of the Migration Research Institute with the assistance of the Hungarian Women’s Interest Group helps in fundraising.

Péter Kövecsi-Oláh, researcher of the Migration Research Institute said on TV that a war situtation would not generate further waves of mass migration from Syria since those who wanted had already fled. Photo: AFP/ANDREAS SOLARO

The existence of no-go zones has been admitted by the German Chancellor and Swedish state leaders. Balázs Orbán, Director General of the Migration Research Institute was the guest of Echo Tv on this subject.

Balázs Orbán, Director General of the Migration Research Institute was the guest of Mokka tv show, where he stated: “It is clear that immigration is one of the most important issues in European politics.”

Global warming will undermine the cohesion of certain African societies in the next decades eroding stability and provoking political, social and economic conflicts that will force millions of people to leave their homeland. These developments are already apparent on the world’s second most populated continent – states the latest analysis of the Migration Research Institute.

  The Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) and the Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK / GCR21) at the University of Duisburg-Essen have developed scenarios for migration flows between West Africa and Europe with the aim of providing a stimulus for further scientific research in this area, as well as making a […]

Mr. Balázs Orbán, Director General of the Migration Research Institute said on TV that seventy percent of the Hungarians had been worried about illegal immigration, but the proportion of the people who had been satisfied with the government actions in this area were the same.   Photo: Szabad Riport

Ádám Klopfer, researcher of the Migration Research Institute said on TV that a decision of the EU’s top court imposed a ban on the psychological testing of the sexual orientation of asylum seekers. He added that homosexuality was illegal in nearly 70 countries in the world, therefore many refugees sought asylum in Hungary on that ground. 

  As reconstruction begins, Syrian refugees have started to return from Turkey. The guest expert on Echo TV was Péter Kövecsi-Oláh, researcher of the Migration Research Institute.

According to Balázs Orbán, we need to understand that what is seen from Europe as African migration is only a small segment of the actual situation. The general director of the Migration Research Institute added that those who consider leaving for Europe should be provided with information which would convince them not to depart.  

Migration into Italy has declined this year in the light of a deal between Italy and armed groups in Libya. As reports about growing slave trade, refugee exploitation, dire conditions for migrants or opacity of the EU Africa Trust fund increased, the EU, UN and the African Union agreed to create an emergency fund to […]

Senior researcher Bianka Speidl of the Migration Research Institute said that after the fleeing of ordinary people the defeat of the Islamic State could also drive trained fighters from armed groups to depart for Europe.

Interview with Mr. Balázs Orbán, Director General of the Migration Research Institute about Brussels resettlement plans. The interview can be found in the latest issue of Magyar Demokrata weekly magazine published on November 29, 2017.

Last week CNN reported on slave trade in Libya, documenting a shocking abuse of human rigths. Migrants, who want to enter Europe, but got stuck in Lybia, were sold into slavery for a few hundred dollars. According to Dr. Viktor Marsai , a senior researcher at the Migration Research Institute, this is not the first […]

According to an expert of the Migration Research Institute, the revision of the Dublin Regulation can result in the relocation of such migrants to Hungary who have never been to and do not wish to come to this country.    Photo: Global Observers

Mr. Balázs Orban, the Director General of the Migration Research Institute, participated at a conference in Budapest. At the conference, entitled ’An Occasional Alliance or a New Power in Europe?’, he said that migration policy was not the cause but the outcome of collaboration among the Visegrád countries. Migration is primarily driven by geopolitical factors and the Visegrad cooperation is […]

Six crew, including a Hungarian sailor, from a German container vessel were kidnapped in Nigerian waters on 21 October. The vessel was attacked by pirates when approaching one of the ports of Nigeria. Mr. Viktor Marsai, senior researcher at the Migration Research Institute, said on RTL Klub television that pirates were active in those zones as […]

An analysis by the Migration Research Institute, entitled “Hotspots in Africa? Turning a Controversial Idea into Reality”, gives an overview of the already implemented elements of a more and more comprehensive strategy of the European states for the tackling of mass migration from Africa. The srategy became crystallized at the Paris mini summit, the implications of which are also discussed […]

According to NATO and UN reports 60 million African migrants could set off to Europe by 2020. The Director General of the Migration Research Institute, Mr Balazs Orbán said on Echo television that actual migration from Africa to Europe had recently fallen back, but the migration potential in Africa remained high. 

According to our researcher, Péter Kövecsi-Oláh, although the agreement is respected by both parties, there are virtually no returns, and South and Central Asian groups will soon replace the Syrian immigrants in the European migration routes.      Photo: BBC.com