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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 […]

Our researcher Márk Vargha gave an interview to Kossuth Radio about the new German Chancellor’s program speech, in which he called his country an immigrant country. He said that German voters could not have been surprised by Olaf Scholz’s pro-immigration stance, as none of the coalition parties see migration as a threat, and in fact, […]

Many people are still trying to enter Hungary illegally: the number of attempts to enter the country at the southern border will soon reach 113 000, our researcher Klaudia Tóth told Hír TV’s midday news program. The interview can be seen from 10:30.

Under Joe Biden’s directive, Immigration and Customs Enforcement can only prioritise the search for illegal immigrants in the country – not apprehended at the border – if they are committing a crime or posing a national security risk. This is a sharp break from the Trump era when all illegal immigrants were considered targets, said […]

Viktor Marsai, research director of the MRI told M1 World that there is a power struggle between civil groups and the army in Sudan. A peculiar hybrid regime has emerged, in which the civilian government is in charge of the government and day-to-day affairs, but the army is in charge of strategic affairs and foreign […]

The article by our junior researcher Róbert Gönczi was recently published in the international academic journal European Foreign Affairs. In his analysis, our colleague sought to answer the question whether the Visegrad Group (V4) and the Three Seas Initiative can co-exist or are they mutually exclusive? According to the study, Hungary’s participation in the Central […]

The phenomenon on the Belarusian-Polish border is instructive for the future, as Belarus has imported into the post-Soviet space a political pressure tool that was previously the preserve of original transit countries. So far, we have seen examples of Turkey or Morocco using migrants to put pressure on the European Union. Our researcher, Sayfo Omar […]

Morocco, a country of 33 million, currently has 700 000 sub-Saharans of various legal statuses. A significant part of this mass would be heading towards Europe. In our lifetime, migration exploded in 2015, in Spain it was already happening in the 1990s. That is when the agreements with the Moroccan government were signed, which effectively […]

Migrants from Central America enter the United States illegally not because of violence or natural disasters, but because they have no jobs. Our researcher Kristóf György Veres told Magyar Nemzet that in the last twelve months, some 1.7 million migrants have poured into the United States, the largest number since 1961, an absolute historical record.

The EU and the Belarusian regime are playing a typical game of scaredy-cat, in which it is not known who will eventually pull the government aside. It is clear that all parties involved in the current situation feel like losers. The solution is made more difficult by the fact that there is no real room […]

Viktor Marsai, research director of the MRI, told InfoRadio that the Hungarian Defence Forces’ involvement in Mali is a direct consequence of the force development program of recent years and the concept that crises must be tackled at their roots.

The migration situation on the Belarusian-Polish border is becoming increasingly worrying, with thousands of people crowding the border, constantly looking for a way across. The Belarusian authorities are also helping them, as the latest evidence shows that they have distracted the Polish border guards with laser beams and strobes, and have also damaged and broken […]

For decades, Cyprus has been plagued by unresolved divisions and today, as a hub for migration routes, the island is also facing new challenges. A report from the Mediterranean ends. Our researcher Nikolett Pénzváltó writes in the Mandiner weekly.

  Africa is playing an increasingly important role in jihadist struggles, young people are particularly exposed to terrorist organisations, Viktor Marsai, research director of the MRI told Spirit FM. In the context of the book Terrorism 3.0, he also reacted to how utopian the idea of a world without terrorist organisations is. Although this seems […]

The military coup in Sudan is bringing renewed instability to the East African country and could threaten a serious wave of refugees, our researcher Klaudia Tóth told Karc FM.

Our junior researcher Róbert Gönczi told InfoRádió that it is worth looking at how the EU bodies relate to the Lithuanian and Latvian border guards, and how they relate to the Polish: while with the former countries especially the European Commission is consistently supportive, Poland is constantly attacked for the same.

In the past 12 months, 1.7 million migrants have poured into the United States, the highest number since 1961, an absolute historical record, said Kristóf György Veres, a researcher at the Migration Research Institute, who is on the ground to keep up to date with the latest developments.  

Overall, the German position on migration has changed a lot since 2015, but this does not mean that the humanitarian, pro-admission narrative has disappeared. While the strategic mistake of six years ago would probably no longer be made by any leading politician in Germany, a kind of polyphony has emerged: though protecting external borders is […]

Klaudia Tóth, our researcher, told Kossuth Radio’s morning news program that a recent World Bank report shows that climate change is becoming an increasingly powerful driver of migration. The effects of climate change will hit the poorest and most vulnerable regions in the hardest way and threaten to roll back the development experienced globally in […]

Egypt is an important regional partner for the Central European countries. An important element of this partnership is the fight against extremism. The Azhar Mosque in Cairo is a spiritual centre of the Islamic world, which plays an important role in the fight against radical Islamist doctrines and in the dialogue with Christians, Viktor Marsai, […]

Sayfo Omar, a researcher at the Migration Research Institute, told Hír TV that according to the UN prognosis, 97% of Afghanistan’s population will face a significantly worsening economic situation. The European Union needs reliable partners such as Egypt and Turkey to stop the growing migratory pressure.

Viktor Marsai, research director of the Migration Research Institute, told Kossuth Radio’s “Question of the Day” program that the Islamic State continues its online recruitment and propaganda after the fall of the “Caliphate”, and that various local franchises from Africa to South Asia have been able to increase the number of their attacks.