Philanthropy in Central and Eastern Europe illustrates the paradox of how certain Member States can be reluctant to the act of unconditional do-goodism, particularly when ‘foreign agents’ are involved. While the existence of a civic space constitutes a prerequisite to the healthy functioning and development of any society and depends on the joint action of governments and philanthropic organisations, Hungary is contradictorily optin...

Facilitating free movement of EU citizens by establishing a borderless area of freedom, security and justice is one of the core aims expressed in EU primary legislation. In this context, the development of the European migration and asylum acquis was brought into being by admirable ideals of conferring legal immigrants contiguous rights with those enjoyed by EU citizens. However, this objective has been circumscribe...