Reversing Migration: How effective is a Return Migration Strategy? Analysis Introduction Since the uprisings in several North African and Middle Eastern countries (2010-2017) mass migration operates as an epidemic of hysteria, in which large groups of different nationalities, display similar agitation and state of mind, vulnerable to rumours, blind to dangers and risks, and dreaming of an eldorado, which, in most cases, turns to be a mere illusion. Therefore, in many regards, mass migration to Europe and mass hysteria…

Reviewing the mechanism of refugee quotas: lessons from an economist’s point of view Interview with Salvatore Villani What do you think, how is it possible that some of the NGO’s are financed by the organized crime and Islamist groups? In such a situation what kind of legal action can be made by the decision makers? Is it possible at all? The hypothesis that some non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are funded by organized crime or by groups of Islamic extremists is not…

Scarcely talked about: The intermediaries of migration Analysis by Balázs Orbán We talk much about the migrants, but less about the intermediaries of migration. Some move the migration movement along out of philanthropy, others because they are plain criminals, taking money for people smuggling. What is the role of intermediaries in this new type of migration? The scientific literature on migration describes migration in a traditional way, as an interaction between states and individuals. This is certainly not that…

About the building blocks of Hungarian migration policy Analysis by Balázs Orbán The Hungarian “pilot project” works. Our message to Brussels: Enough of the criticism, the Hungarian “pilot project” works! The building blocks of Hungarian migration policy Most EU countries, including Hungary, live under the spell of the migration crisis that started in 2015. It has become hard to debate that due to its answers to the issue of migration, Hungary is one of the most important trend…

Refugee or Refuge? Let us heed the advice of the ancestors! Analysis by Balázs Orbán The ancient and medieval thinking about refugees centered not on the people but on the location. Not on the “refugee” but on the “refuge”. And if we understand this line of thought, we realize that our real moral duty is not to evaluate the individual life situation of people objectively. That we cannot do. On the contrary: the humanitarian duty is to provide…