In 2019, remembering the 30th anniversary of the events of summer 1989, the Hungarian and German press made frequent references to the role of the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta (MMSZ). It was thanks to the political courage and enterprising spirit of two of its founding members,
III. THE DEBATE ON HUNGARY’S RESPONSE Hungary’s response to the 2014–2015 surge of asylum-seekers has been widely criticised in international forums. The criticism focused mainly on five points: 1) The Hungarian Government consciously tried to create a refugee-hostile environment within the country, by means of a manipulative “national consultation process”
It is still early days for writing about the mass migration phenomenon that dominated European headlines in 2015, and is likely to continue dominating them this year. The discourse is still largely on the journalistic and political level, steeped in the different ideologies of the moment. There is a deep polarisation between those who – in the name of European values – advocate openness and integration, and those whose priority is security
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