The Embodiment of (in)Tolerance in Discourses and Practices Addressing Cultural Diversity in Schools in Hungary. The case of Roma

Work Package 3: National Case Studies of Challenges to Tolerance in School LifeThe ACCEPT PLURALISM project (2010-2013) is funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities. (Call FP7-SSH-2009-A, Grant Agreement no: 243837). Coordinator: Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute

Rethinking Roma Migration in the Light of Recent Flow of Refugees to Canada from Three Central Eastern European Countries the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia

The paper presents the research results of a pilot project on the (forced) migration of Roma from three Central Eastern European countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia – to Canada in the course of the last ten to fifteen years. Roma migration is posited as being motivated by various factors that include both discrimination and social deprivation. This premise held by researchers working on Roma migration is backed by the theoretical literature of the sociology and anthropology of forced migration. The paper, however, looks for new approaches (‘mid-range’ theories) with the aim of re-thinking Roma forced migration. The research project delved into the whole migration process through narrative interviews that enable us to find theoretical frameworks that account for more than just the motivational side of Roma forced migration. With a special focus on how migration starts, how it develops and how migrant networks come about through weak and strong ties, we aimed to shed new light on the forced migration of Roma while we raised new questions and hoped to break new grounds for further studies

The Rise of the Extreme Right in Hungary and the Roma Question: The Radicalization of Media Discourse

Work Package 4: National Case Studies of Challenges to Tolerance in Political LifeThe ACCEPT PLURALISM project (2010-2013) is funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities. (Call FP7-SSH-2009-A, Grant Agreement no: 243837). Coordinator: Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute

Tolerance and Cultural Diversity Discourses in Hungary

Work Package 1: Overview of National Discourses on Tolerance and Cultural diversity (Literature and Realities)The ACCEPT PLURALISM project (2010-2013) is funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities. (Call FP7-SSH-2009-A, Grant Agreement no: 243837). Coordinator: Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute

Roma Migration to and from Canada : The Czech, Hungarian and Slovak Case (edited volume)

Most research initiatives on Roma migration focus on Roma migrating from non-EU to EU or EU-to-EU countries. This research aimed to look at another sub-component of the migration process: transatlantic, Canadian migration from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. The migration and asylum seeking of Central Eastern European Roma to Canada started in the 1990s when several thousands of Roma moved to Canada. The collection of papers presented here looks at various aspects of Roma migration to and from Canada. Our premise was that 'Canadian Roma migration' should be understood as a process motivated by a mixed set of factors and, from an analytical point of view, it should be studied as neither refugee nor labor migration but as a compound of both. The first two studies in the volume investigate the legal and the political components to the push and pull of Roma migration, while the rest of the papers are based on qualitative, empirical studies that were conducted in three CEE countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia – as well as in Canada. The country case studies were designed to consider Roma migration from a micro perspective using the same methodology and the same conceptual framework. Researchers in the three countries did fieldwork in villages and towns in which there had been a significant out-migration of Roma, presently or in the past. The factors impelling migration were social, political as well as economic: deteriorating interethnic relations, the rise and spread of violence as well as political racism and fear from racist attacks, deprivation and worsening of living conditions for the poorest, and stigmatized ethnicity, the consequences of which Roma have to face on a daily bases (employment and educational discrimination, verbal and physical racial violence.). As a general pattern, we could distinguish the pioneers from the laggards in the migration process. In all three cases, pioneers were migrants who were from wealthier families and many had earlier migration experiences; they were the ones who would leave, come back, and some would try to leave again. The latter – the laggards – were often the failed migrants, those whose return left them in a more desperate situation than they had been in before leaving

Preventing violent extremism : a delicate balance

Violent extremism poses a serious challenge for many countries. In Europe, two types of violent extremism dominate policy discussions: right-wing and jihadist. A variety of strategies are employed to prevent these kinds of extremists from engaging in violent acts. At the same time different methods are used to make communities more resilient to extremism. This brief explores such CVE (Countering Violent Extremism) and PVE (Preventing Violent Extremism) policy approaches in ten European countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom. We flag ones that have proved problematic and highlight those regarded as most promising. We identify options for making interventions against violent extremism more effective and efficient while avoiding common pitfalls. Our recommendations are aimed at helping governments, civil society actors and other stakeholders to design and implement more successful CVE and PVE programmes.European Commission Horizon2020-funded 'Building Resilience against Violent Extremism and Polarisation (BRaVE) project, Grant Number 82218