匈牙利的移民政策.docx

China-CEEInstitute

中国—中东欧研究院

ISSN2939-5933

Vol.67,No.1(HU)

November2023

WeeklyBriefing

Hungarypoliticalbriefing:

MigrationpolicyinHungary

CsabaMoldicz

China-CEEInstitute

Kiadó:Kina-KKEIntezetNonproftKit.

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Kiadasertfaleal6sszemely.FengZhongping

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MigrationpolicyinHungary

Inourpreviousbriefings,wehaverepeatedlypointedoutthatthemostimportantfeatureofHungarianforeignpolicyisthepreservationofthecountry’ssovereignty.Theconceptofsovereigntyhasmanydifferentinterpretationsandversions,buteveninitsmostdilutedandvagueversion,itimpliestheabilityofthestatetocontroltheinflowandoutflowofpeopleontheterritoryofthegivencountry.Withouteffectivebordercontrol,acountryssovereigntyisindeedquestionableoratleastlimited.Therefore,itiseasytounderstandwhycertaincountriestrytoimplementmigrationpoliciesthatallowforstrictandclearcontroloftheirborders.Ofcourse,theproperimplementationofmigrationpolicyanditsmeasuresisnotonlyaboutclearsovereigntyissues,butitalsohasprofoundimplicationsforbroadersocialissues,suchashowtopreservethecountrysculture,traditionsandtraditionalreligionswhenwearefacedwithasignificantinfluxofillegalimmigrantsfromverydiversebackgrounds.Atthispoint,itshouldbenotedthatacleardistinctionmustbemadebetweenthecoordinationofpoliciesandmeasurestorepelillegalimmigrantsandwell-designed,properlyimplementedstepstoensureasmoothinfluxofforeignlabor(whenthedevelopmentoftheeconomysorequires).Whileinthefirstcaseillegalimmigrantswanttostayinthecountrypermanently,thestayofforeign

workersistemporaryandcannotbeusedformigration.

Properlyimplementedmigrationpolicymeasurescanalsohaveabeneficialeffectonthedevelopm