Migration challenges

Migration challenges and their impact on Europe were the focus of an international professional and scientific conference organised on 8 October 2026 by the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing and the Migration Section of the Hungarian Association of Police Science, with the support of the Hanns Seidel Foundation.

Following the welcome address by Dr. Markus Ehm, Regional Director of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Police Major General Dr. Sándor Gömbös, Director General of the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing, provided an overview of the migration situation in Hungary. The international presentations covered migration trends, migration challenges, and the European dimension of migrant smuggling and human trafficking.

The conference programme included several presentations on labour market issues, such as refugee and non-refugee immigrants in the German labour market, skilled labour migration and labour market integration in Germany, and the labour exploitation of third-country nationals in the EU.

Conference participants gained insight into border control and legal migration practices in Romania, as well as the situation of third-country workers in the country.

The event was supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation with funding from the German Federal Foreign Office pursuant to a resolution of the German Bundestag.

Die Maßnahme wird von der Hanns-Seidel Stiftung aus Mitteln des Auswärtigen Amtes aufgrund eines Beschlusses des Deutschen Bundestages gefördert.