Migration as a Political and Public Phenomenon: The Case of Hungary
Migration as a Political and Public Phenomenon: The Case of Hungary

Author(s): Sándor Gallai, Dániel Horváth, Hanga Horváth-Sántha
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Developing nations, Migration Studies, Geopolitics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: migration; Hungary
Summary/Abstract: Hungary demonstrates a relatively high level of ethnic and particularly high level of cultural homogeneity. Nevertheless, due to its geographical position, Hungary has played the role both as transit and source as well as destination country for both regular and irregular migration during the past decades. In the context of the recent large-scale irregular migration towards (Western) Europe, however, Hungary has rather been a transit country, experiencing serious pressure at its southern border urging the government to take firm action. As mem-ber of the European Union since 2004 and of the Schengen Treaty since 2007, a part of Hungary’s border forms the external borders of the European Union.

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