Examining Hungary and Poland’s Leaders’ Narratives Regarding Middle Eastern and African Migrants and Ukrainian Migrants

Authors : Yusuf Avar

Pages : 241-272

Doi:10.32450/aacd.1537996

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Publication Date : 2025-12-05

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aims to determine whether migrants from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Ukraine have received comparable treatment in Hungary and Poland by analyzing the speeches delivered by Polish President Andrzej Duda and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Using critical discourse analysis, it reveals the meaning behind Duda’s and Orbán’s statements about these two immigrant groups. The study indicates that Duda and Orbán securitized MENA immigration groups and represented them as others. Duda and Orbán, on the other hand, place a strong emphasis on solidarity and providing humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian migrants. The critical social constructivist theory, which stresses the concept of identity and meaning in response to difference, has been employed in the study to analyze how migrants from the MENA region are perceived as “other”, whilst migrants from Ukraine are seen as a part of “us”.
Keywords : Orbán, Duda, Orta Doğu ve Kuzey Afrika’dan Gelen Göçmenler ve Ukraynalı Göçmenler.

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