Mass Immigration vs Modern Society
The most important measure of the success of an immigration policy is whether the newcomers and their children come to fully identify
with their new country.
The most important measure of the success of an immigration policy is whether the newcomers and their children come to fully identify
with their new country.
Using immigration to address labour shortage is clearly not just an economic policy decision: changing the composition of a society is expected to have other far-reaching consequences, and not necessarily favourable ones.
Demographically, outmigration for Hungary is not as serious a concern as for neighbouring countries, but in terms of the loss of professionals, it is a serious problem.
During the course of the last week, 849 migrants were apprehended in total, which is a 15% increase from the week before, when authorities detained 735 people in total.
Hungary has come up with an effective program dubbed Hungary Helps as an answer to the migration crisis, which has already helped 200 Syrian refugee families return to their homes.
Hungary has consistently warned the world about the suffering of Christians in Nigeria, and at last it is no longer a solitary voice. President Donald Trump has elevated the crisis to top-tier US policy, while global figures like Nicki Minaj have begun demanding action against Boko Haram’s ongoing terror.
Hungarians would not normally follow a French political debate, but the recent exchange between Éric Zemmour and Raphaël Glucksmann went far beyond routine campaign rhetoric. Glucksmann levelled extreme and factually baseless accusations against Hungary, prompting the need for clarification.
In its ‘Beyond the Óperencia’ series, Magyar Krónika is looking at the meeting points of America and Hungary, and at Hungarians in America, from penniless peasants to political emigrants and soldiers of fortune. In this section, let us introduce a mysterious woman who spent perhaps the most beautiful period of her overall tragic life overseas.
‘The damage is done. Most viewers will swallow the caricature without a second thought, file ‘Hungary = corrupt chaos’ into their mental map of Europe, and never realize they’ve been fed quiet propaganda dressed as entertainment. Beautiful Budapest didn’t deserve the smear. And the audience didn’t deserve the lie.’
‘The books primarily focus on the U.S. and represent a “beautiful and high-quality imprint” of the Hungarian diaspora there…the project could be continued to include Hungarians living on other continents, and these works should reach every Hungarian community.’