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The rise in the price of cereals, including wheat, is putting a heavy strain on the budgets of Arab countries, which are already economically weak. Rising consumer prices for bread and other basic foodstuffs could push 10 million people to the brink of starvation. Sayfo Omar, our senior researcher was a guest of Hír TV. […]

The situation in Ukraine has already forced more than 1.5 million people to flee their country, a number that the UN estimates could reach 5 million in the near future. — said Szabolcs Janik, Operations Director at the Migration Research Institute. Photo: shutterstock.com

Poland and Hungary are showing to the world what an “abuse-proof” international asylum system would look like. As Vladimir Putin’s bloody assault continues against Ukraine, Poland and Hungary — the two European Union (EU) countries that have been the toughest in Europe on irregular migration — have opened their borders to hundreds of thousands of […]

Márk Vargha, our researcher said during an interview with Radio Kossuth that the Eastern European EU member states are coping with the refugee flood for the time being, but even if financial aid from Brussels arrives, it will take weeks or even months, due to the slow turnaround. Photo: shutterstock.com

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.