A migrációs folyamatok hatása a kárpátaljai magyarok számának alakulására
The impact of recent migration flows on the number of Hungarians in Transcarpathia, Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: According to the last Ukrainian census in 2001, 152 thousand people declared Hungarian ethnicity in Transcarpathia. Since that time, there is no reliable and up-to-date data on the ethno-demographic development of the region’s population. It is especially hard to register the migration flows particularly salient since the outbreak of the armed conflict in East Ukraine in 2014. Based on four data sources (official Ukrainian and Hungarian statistics and two representative surveys), the present study aims at revealing the volume of the permanent and temporary migration of Hungarians in Transcarpathia and its impact on their number. We found that the same migration flow is associated with various figures by each of the data sources conducted with different methods and by different actors. According to the more reliable surveys, 9 to 14 thousand ethnic Hungarians emigrated from Transcarpathia since 2001; consequently, the number of Hungarians is estimated at approximately 130 thousand people in the beginning of 2017.

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