diaspora politics --- Roughly 2,5 million Hungarians (Hungary has 9,7 mil inhabitants) live in the diaspora. It is a complex task to help them preserving their national identity, to help them staying in their homeland (it goes for those who became part of the diaspora because the borders of the country has changed after the WWII) while keeping them as part of the nation without borders and using this potential for the economic as well as social benefit of the country of origin. Hungary has built up a complex instituion for this. And in 2016 a new startegy for the diaspora politics have been adopted as well which sets 4 directions for development: i) development in the sphere of education ii) strengthening economic cooperation iii) strengthening diaspora diplomacy iv) creation of a centre for emigrants and the diaspora.

Source author: Adrienn Sallai sadrienn78@yahoo.co.uk