September 24, 2015
There is no price tag attached to my hand stretched out to refugees, people threatened by wars, and violent regimes. The humanitarian argument prevails over any cost-benefit analysis. But as a labor economist, I firmly believe it is my obligation to help us better understand the labor market impacts of immigration.
September 24, 2015
http://nol.hu/kulfold/bangladesben-nincs-penz-1565009 - Hungarian news portal nol.hu reports: Nearly 9000 refugees from Bangladesh submitted asylum request to the EU in the first eight months of the year. Boldizsar Nagy, associate professor at CEU’s Department of International Relations and European Studies gave expert commentary, emphasizing among others that each asylum request has to be considered individually even if Bangladesh might not be a war-torn country.
September 24, 2015
http://nol.hu/kulfold/bangladesben-nincs-penz-1565009 - News portal nol.hu reports: Nearly 9000 refugees from Bangladesh submitted asylum requests to the EU in the first eight months of the year. Boldizsar Nagy, associate professor at CEU’s Department of International Relations and European Studies gave expert commentary, emphasizing that each asylum request has to be considered individually even if Bangladesh might not be affected by war.
September 23, 2015
Director of the Civil Society and Technology Project for the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) Kate Coyer is quoted in this Washington Post piece regarding grassroots efforts to aid refugees.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/09/23/earthquake-silicon-valley-will-help-refugee-crisis-not-so-much/
September 23, 2015
Hungarian national radio’s program 180 perc interviewed Martin Kahanec, associate professor at CEU’s School of Public Policy, at a migration conference organized by the Danube Institute at ELTE, in which Kahanec highlighted how migrants can add value to Europe.
Further coverage:
http://24.hu/kozelet/2015/09/23/mar-nem-a-migransoktol-kell-rettegni-hanem-a-szornyu-tudosoktol/
September 23, 2015
Hungarian national radio’s 180 perc program interviewed Martin Kahanecz, associate professor at CEU’s School of Public Policy at a conference on migration organized by the Danube Institute at ELTE, in which Kahanecz highlighted how migrants can contribute to Europe’s prosperity.
Further coverage:
http://24.hu/kozelet/2015/09/23/mar-nem-a-migransoktol-kell-rettegni-hanem-a-szornyu-tudosoktol/
September 22, 2015
In August this year, when refugees began flowing into Budapest’s train stations, photographer Edd Carlile found himself documenting the thousands of men, women, and children arriving from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea, and elsewhere. The crisis transformed a project he’d started, illustrating the lives of the train station workers, into a series of photos that transfixed the public – photos that spread across the world from his Facebook page, Budapest Seen.
September 22, 2015
CEU’s Opening Ceremony, held September 21, celebrated the start of the 2015-2016 academic year and also launched the University’s 25th Anniversary. The incoming class, more than 600 students from a record 107 countries, received a special welcome from President and Rector John Shattuck.
September 22, 2015
http://hvg.hu/vilag/20150921_Financial_Times_Orban_kemeny_hozzallasa_n - Hungarian news portal hvg.hu reports on the Financial Times article that quotes CEU University Professor Laszlo Csaba’s comments on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s politics and the domestic political capital he's gained as a result of the refugee crisis.
September 21, 2015
CEU University Professor Laszlo Csaba is quoted in the Financial Times regarding Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the domestic political capital he's gained as a result of the refugee crisis.
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/248dc176-5f8e-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3mM5fY1uq
Accompanying image on CEU homepage courtesy of Budapest Seen/Edd Carlile.
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