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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  

During an interview on national television Researcher Szabolcs Janik mentioned the case of tens of thousands of applications currently investigated by the German migration authorities as is suspected that many errors may have occurred due to the enormous pressure on the authorities during the migrant crisis.

Without a paradigm shift in the European Union, there will not be an adequate answer on the European level to solve the problems of the migration crisis, according to Director General Balázs Orbán.

Director General Balázs Orbán said on national radio that although the proposal of the mandatory quota is very popular in Western Europe, it will most certainly not solve any real problems as it does not decrease the pressure of irregular migration towards Europe.

Researcher Szabolcs Janik discussed the subject matter on national radio.

Senior Researcher Hanga Horváth-Sántha discussed matters of integration in the light of the freedom of movement after a granted right to international protection.

Quota-based distribution of irregular migrants as proposed by the European Commission is slowly proceeding. According to the original plans 160,000 persons should have been transferred so far, but so far only 18,184 migrants have been relocated between the Member States. The European Commission has recently presented its latest report, through which it seeks to put […]

Interview with Director-General Balázs Orbán regarding the field trip to Iraqi Kurdistan. The journey is part of a larger research project examining the geopolitical situation and migratory patterns of Christian minorities across the Middle East.