The IOM office in Budapest has launched two new websites developed as part of two projects currently being implemented by the Mission in Hungary. The first website, titled “At Home in Hungary” is a multilingual interactive service which provides comprehensive and up-to-date information regarding admission procedures and aspects of everyday life in Hungary for third-country nationals (TCNs). The website is available in 7 languages: Arabic, English, French, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian and Vietnamese. It has been developed as part of the project “At Home in Hungary: A Comprehensive Multilingual Online Resource for Third-Country Nationals”, with funding from the national allocation of the European Integration Fund 2011.

The interactive website aims to provide TCNs with relevant information on admission procedures and daily life in Hungary and, in addition to basic cultural information, covers the broad topics of immigration, working, studying and living. Moreover, this website has been designed to be a useful resource also for public administrators, private service providers, researchers, social workers and other experts as they work with, and support the integration of, TCNs in Hungary. The “At Home in Hungary” website can be accessed at "http://www.athomeinhungary.hu.

The second website, titled “Volret” (Voluntary Return Programme), is a multilingual website accessible in six languages (Albanian, Chinese, Russian, Persian, Hungarian and English) which provides the relevant information on voluntary return and reintegration options for migrants who wish to return to their home countries from Hungary. In addition, the website also informs the visitor about the a dedicated multi-lingual, toll-free hotline service available in Albanian, English, German, Hungarian and Serbian and allows the potential beneficiaries to ask for further information and clarify issues with the specifically trained hotline assistants who provide information and return counselling. The “Volret” website has been developed within the “Awareness Raising Information Programme on Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration”, implemented by IOM Budapest and funded by the European Union Return Fund. This project aims to facilitate the voluntary return of irregular migrants in Hungary to their home countries in safety and dignity, and to contribute towards the sustainability of their return through the provision of information about the Hungarian Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme. The “Volret” website can be accessed at "paragraph-link-no-underline"

For more information, please contact  Bálint Dóra, IOM Hungary, Tel: +36 1 472 25 00, Email: bdora@iom.int