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Bordering Ukraine to the west and south are Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova — all of which are taking in refugees. Poland has by far the most people pouring across national lines, says Kristóf György Veres, a senior researcher at the Hungarian Migration Research Institute (Migrációkutató Intézet), who is also currently an Andrassy national […]

Tamás Dezső, the director of the MRI, compared the population of countries that have emitted immigrants, and its growth between 1955 and 2018, based on research. Statistical prognosis show that the Muslim world will have a population of 1.282 billion by 2050, thus there will be an increase of 403 million over the next 28 […]

Róbert Gönczi, junior researcher of MRI told Magyar Nemzet that Belarus has long pursued a swing policy: they have often made concessions to the Russians, sometimes introducing sanctions against them, while EU leaders and in 2020 the US Secretary of State were hosted in Minsk.

In the Center for Immigration Studies podcast, Mark Krikorian, director of the Washington DC-based institute, spoke with our research director Viktor Marsai about the challenges and experiences of migration in Europe and the US.

As Ukraine faces a possible Russian invasion, the specter of yet another refugee crisis looms over Europe. Apart from the heavy economic costs, an all-out war in Ukraine would hurl millions of refugees westward, forcing the EU frontier states of Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and perhaps Romania to bear the brunt of the humanitarian crisis to […]

Cartoons have long been used to negotiate national and religious identities, with political messages there to be discovered. If producers took the time to invest in local animation, it was always to create something that told children about their own local, national, Arab, or Islamic identities  Sayfo tells Middle East Eye. Sayfo Omar, senior researcher, […]

What new conflicts and developments are emerging in the new decade regarding migration towards Europe? Viktor Marsai, director of MRI, was one of the guests at the MCC roundtable discussion. He explained that the migration crisis did not actually start in 2015, but in 2013, in Libya, so it has been going on for almost […]

The negative image of Hungary in the Arab world during the 2015 migration crisis has been forgotten by the news about the cooperation between different Arab countries and Hungary. Meszár Tárik, researcher of the MRI was the guest of radio Karc FM.

Coup after coup in the Sahel countries: the wave started in Mali in August 2020, followed by Guinea, Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau. Some groups are more interested in gaining power than in managing crises in their countries, which is clearly a recipe for jihadists,” said Viktor Marsai, research director of MRI, pointing to the biggest […]

Szabolcs Janik, our deputy director said on Karc FM’s program “Hangoló” that the already pubplished French proposals give reason for cautious optimism, as they set the protection of external borders and the efficient operation of the Schengen area as a priority. Although the idea of distributing asylum seekers has not disappeared, information so far suggests […]

The recent coups and attempted coups in Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau further undermine the political stability of the Sahel and fuel the jihadists’ agenda. Viktor Marsai, director of MRI was the guest of the evening show of the M1 TV channel.

Sayfo Omar, our researcher told Karc FM that the values of immigrants from conservative societies are difficult to reconcile with European liberalism, which makes integration difficult. Photo: shutterstock.com

The escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict could trigger a wave of refugees in the region, and this would also affect Hungarians in Transcarpathia. Some states are already preparing for increased migratory pressure, but there are more indications that there may not be a war between Ukraine and Russia, researchers Róbert Gönczi told InfoRadio.

President Macron set ambitious goals for himself in his inaugural speech. The French presidency has a chance to bring EU decision-making out of paralysis, as the European Commission has so far failed to do so because of its push for redistribution. Márk Vargha, researcher of MRI was the guest on the morning show of the […]

It is important to keep those who would leave in their countries of origin, to speed up the legal procedures for those seeking asylum in Europe, as well as to send those who are not eligible back home, and ensure that the EU has a unified position on the issue of illegal immigration. Klaudia Tóth, […]

There has been no colour revolution in Kazakhstan because there is no real opposition. Nor can we talk about foreign intervention or terrorist attacks. We have faced a unique phenomenon here, the clash between the Tokayev and Nazarbayev clans,” our researcher Róbert Gönczi told FIX TV’s Enigma program.

Sayfo Omar, our researcher said on the morning show of the M1 TV channel that Turkey is sticking to its agreements with the EU and protecting its borders. The protection of the Greek border has been strengthened recently, which is why more and more people are heading from Turkey to Italy instead of Greece, the […]

The economic sanctions imposed by ECOWAS are a serious blow to the Malian military junta, and they are likely to be forced to give in to pressure, which could open the way for elections, Viktor Marsai, research director of MRI told Trend FM.

The latest Századvég Foundation poll on European public opinion has highlighted the issue of migration. The responses show, for example, that the majority of EU citizens (58%) explain arrivals by economic reasons, and around one in three respondents (36%) see a genuine reason for fleeing. Statistics on the origin of arrivals and the related recognition […]

More than 200 000 people tried to enter the EU illegally in 2021, according to the latest figures from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency. Crowds may be heading back to Europe as the coronavirus recedes. Our researcher Klaudia Tóth writes in Mandiner.

The most important thing that Morocco can offer to Europe is to be an effective participant in the fight against the influx of migrants to our continent, and to share its experience in dismantling smuggling networks, said our researcher Meszár Tárik in the V4 magazine of Kossuth Radio.

Szabolcs Janik, deputy director of the MRI told M1 Világ magazine that the number of illegal border crossings at the EU’s external border increased month by month in 2021. All the relevant statistics and press reports confirm that by easing travel restrictions against Covid, many people have decided to enter illegally. While the traditional routes […]

“It is not a question of how many people are present at the borders at any given moment, but rather of what trend reversals are occurring in each region that could then force more people to migrate.” Mandiner interviewed our researchers Omar Sayfo and Róbert Gönczi.

Szabolcs Janik, deputy director of the MRI told Karc FM that the V4 countries are now trying to act in a common position on several foreign policy issues. A recent example is Egypt, where the issue of migration has been raised, but the four governments are also becoming increasingly active with Turkey. Where this is […]