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Our researcher Márk Vargha said on the morning show of Kossuth Radio that Afghans between Afghanistan and the European Union have moved westwards, which is why migration pressure has increased in the Balkans and at the Hungarian border fence.

Migration affects both the sending and host countries in many regards. One key cluster of effects is connected to the world of the economy. In this article, we discuss the potential and actual impact of immigration on host economies, with a clear focus on Europe. To this end, we briefly overview the relevant literature, assess […]

Viktor Marsai, research director of the Migration Research Institute, told Karc FM that a recent UN report said that the food supply of at least 35 million people on the African continent is at risk, and the IMF has also sounded the alarm bell recently. Since the migration crisis, increased attention has been focused on […]

More than 40,000 illegal border crossings were recorded at Europe’s external borders in the first quarter. Szabolcs Janik said on the morning show of the Karc FM that even in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, Europe is much more attractive economically for people living in neighbouring regions and that the reports of relatives […]

At a roundtable discussion on The Impact of the Ukrainian Crisis on the Middle East and Africa, organised by the MCC Centre in Cluj-Napoca, Viktor Marsai, research director of the Migration Research Institute, said that we are beginning to see Cold War structures in the Third World. African countries are not engaged with either side, […]

Viktor Marsai, research director at the Migration Research Institute, said in an interview on the morning show of the M1 TV channel, that a recent public opinion poll shows that the overwhelming majority of respondents support the government’s border protection measures and consider migration as a priority issue. Photo: M1

A video summary of our event “Personal experience from the war in Ukraine”, held on 24 March, where writer and war correspondent Sándor Jászberényi and war photographer Kristóf Hölvényi shared their experiences of besieged Ukraine.  

This marathon can only be won with EU-wide solidarity towards the most affected member states as well as transatlantic burden-sharing based on our common values and principles. By Viktor Marsai and Kristóf György Veres Viktor Marsai is the Research Director of the Budapest-based Migration Research Institute. Kristof Gyorgy Veres is the Andrassy National Security Fellow at the […]

Our researcher Klaudia Tóth told Karc FM that, according to the latest report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, weather anomalies and human environmental degradation linked to global climate change are often creating environmental conditions that will in the future worsen the population retention ability of certain regions, thus increasing mass migration.

Speaking on the morning show of the M1 TV channel, Sayfo Omar, our researcher highlighted that the deteriorating economic situation in emitting and transit countries is unlikely to ease the migratory pressure on the Balkans. Photo: M1

The British The Guardian interviewed Middle Eastern migrants trapped in Belarus who reported that Belarusian soldiers tried to force them to leave at gunpoint for Ukraine. Szabolcs Janik said on the morning show of M1 TV channel that the reports seemed entirely credible given Belarus’ behaviour so far. But the Ukrainians, who are currently fighting […]

Viktor Marsai, research director of the Migration Research Institute, told ATV that the number of Ukrainian refugees has reached the UN’s preliminary estimate of 4 million in one month, meaning that up to twice that number could leave the country in the coming months. Photo: ATV

According to media reports, Syrians would use the war in Ukraine to illegally enter the EU. Szabolcs Janik said on the morning show on M1 TV channel that it is unlikely that they would attempt this route en masse, as the war makes our eastern neighbour particularly risky. Of course, it cannot be ruled out […]

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 […]