Analysis

The Australian Model

The Australian Model

The Australian Model or the island country’s answer to asylum and migration challenges of the past decades Australia’s history of the past century, and the migration crises of the last two decades have led to both firm and less marked, but successful policy responses, which the European Union still lacks, although its interests would call for such. Is the Australian model of handling the refugee situation unique to its geopolitical characteristics, or could its components be adapted to other parts…

About The Ground Gaining Efforts Of The European Commission In Asylum Policy

About the Ground Gaining Efforts of the European Commission in Asylum Policy

About the Ground Gaining Efforts of the European Commission in Asylum Policy Automatic distribution of asylum seekers between the member states? Uninvited European agency intervention to shape a member state’s asylum policy? The cancellation of work permit checks for asylum seekers? – to name just a few cornerstones of recent legislative proposals of the European Commission, which could influence life in the member states right away. If the member states allow... ... because the member states form two distinct camps when…

Women In Muslim Society

Women in Muslim Society

Women in Muslim Society Situational assessment by Abdessamad Belhaj and Bianka Speidl Coffee houses exclusively for men may pique the interest of a foreigner strolling the streets of West-European city quarters inhabited by Muslim immigrants. Stern looks warn off a woman newcomer, sending the message that she’s not welcome. If she happens to sit down, however, an employee soon recommends another coffee house, or simply forgets to serve her. Women are barely seen in Muslim outskirts, and never alone. The…

Eritrea As A Powder Keg Of Irregular Migration To Europe

Eritrea as a powder keg of irregular migration to Europe

Eritrea as a powder keg of irregular migration to Europe – an analysis of the most important political and social triggers of migration (in cooperation with Bence Kőhegyi, student of the Corvinus University of Budapest) Nowadays, about five thousand people leave Eritrea on the north-eastern part of Africa each month. Since the neighbouring countries do not welcome them, they come to Europe in ever greater numbers. In this analysis, we set out to answer this question: Why do large numbers…

Hungary And The Migratory Fracture

Hungary and the migratory fracture

Hungary and the migratory fracture In June 2015, an unprecedented wave of migrants entered Hungary crossing illegally the borders with Serbia. Hungarians were shocked to see hundreds of thousands of people in-flowing into their country without respect for any law, sovereignty and with complete disdain for administration and order. Migrants said they have nothing to do with Hungary: they just want to go to Germany and that Hungary was just a station for them. The Hungarian government, with the support…