Dewsbury + Budapest Flashcards
social exclusion + tension + conflict (8 cards)
dewsbury
savile town, west yorkshire
- most non-White place in the UK, with less than 1% White British population. Around 93% of residents are Asian Muslims, particularly Deobandi Muslims
What controversies have arisen in Savile Town regarding culture and education
strict Sharia-inspired rules in a local school, and Ofsted inspections found homophobic books in madrasas. These raise concerns over integration, values, and adherence to UK educational standards.
issues of extremism and crime associated with Savile Town
- area was home to Mohammad Sidique Khan, the leader of the 7/7 London bombings.
- In 2021, there were 55 arrests related to child sexual exploitation
2015 Migrant Crisis
- 1.2 million refugees, mainly from Syria and Afghanistan, fled through the Balkans and South/Central Europe.
- aimed to reach west EU esp germany which intially welcomed them
- mig supposed to claim asylum in the first EU country they arrived in
How did Hungary respond to the migrant flow in 2015?
1st September 2015: Hungary closed Keleti train station in Budapest to block migrant movement.
Thousands of migrants camped at Keleti, turning it into a temporary refugee site.
Hungarian public and authorities showed growing hostility toward migrants.
The government aimed to preserve Hungary’s cultural identity and control borders.
How does migration impact Hungary’s built environment and cultural landscape
Plans for a mega-mosque in Budapest would symbolize Islamic influence.
Syrian refugees who stayed to study (around 40,000) would benefit.
Many Hungarians viewed these changes as threats to their national culture.
Hostile attitudes led to social exclusion of Muslim migrants.
politics and identity influence Hungary’s migrant stance post-2015
2015: Hungarian-born billionaire George Soros advocated for accepting 1 million Syrian refugees.
Viktor Orban’s government launched the ‘Stop Soros’ campaign.
In 2018, Soros-funded Central European University was shut down in Budapest.
Rise of nationalism, fear of Islam, anti-liberal rhetoric intensified.
public and governmental responses to refugees in Hungary
2019 survey: 60% of Hungarians resented foreign immigrants (up from 40% in 2017).
Orban’s party, Fidesz, used anti-migrant messaging in political campaigns.
Reports of migrants being caged, starved, and denied legal aid.
EU has threatened to remove Hungary’s voting rights over human rights abuses. (2018: EU voted Hungary as ‘a systematic threat to democracy’.)
