• Home
• Channel: Current Affairs
• 180,000 Refugees in Hungary from Ukraine to Date

180,000 Refugees in Hungary from Ukraine to Date

• 9 Mar 2022 9:10 AM
• Hungary Around the Clock

An estimated 180,000 people have entered Hungary from Ukraine from the first day of the Russian invasion until Monday afternoon, Népszava reports.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said this number might rise dramatically, if the war moves closer to the Hungarian border.

Ernő Simon, spokesman of the Central European office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, told Népszava by phone from Moldova on Monday that “We know how many are coming, but we have less data about how many of the refugees have remained here, or moved on, as Hungary is the outer border of the Schengen zone, and anybody who enters will no longer be registered upon departure”.

He recalled that the European Council passed a resolution a few days ago on the provisional protection of Ukrainian refugees, granting them the same rights as EU citizens: they can have access to residence permits, the labour market, accommodation, medical services and education. This protection is now for one year but it can be extended twice for one year.


MTI Photo: Zoltán Balogh

• How does this content make you feel?
• I love it
• I like it
• I dislike it

• Ukraine Crisis Refugees

XpatLoop Media Partner

Hungary Around the Clock

Since 1995 Hungary Around the Clock has proven to be one of the most comprehensive sources of daily English-language news about Hungary. It covers ongoing domestic politics and foreign relations, as well as business and economic matters. For a free trial of HATC visit www.hatc.hu and click on 'Free Trial Subscription’.

Explore More Reports

Pope Receives Orban in Vatican

• 5 Dec 2024 5:20 AM

Pope Francis received Prime Minister Viktor Orban in an audience at the Vatican in Rome this Wednesday - as the video below shows. They discussed the war in Ukraine, focusing on the humanitarian situation and efforts to promote peace in the region. Francis also discussed other themes, including the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union as well as the "central role of the family and the protection of the young generations," the Vatican said in a statement.



Szijjarto Emphasizes the Red Cross as An 'Impartial' Organization

• 31 Oct 2024 6:55 PM

Speaking at the 34th International Red Cross Conference, Szijjartó said: "The war in Ukraine is the most serious humanitarian crisis in Europe in recent decades... As a neighbouring country, we have been bearing the heavy impact of these challenges for nearly a thousand days."



Watch: Ukrainian Refugees Face Homelessness After Hungarian Asylum Rule Change

• 11 Sep 2024 5:08 PM

Thousands of Ukrainian refugees face eviction from Hungarian state-funded accommodation in a move by Budapest that human rights activists say could contravene EU law.



Summary of FM Szijjártó's Controversial Speech at MCC Feszt in Esztergom

• 5 Aug 2024 12:20 PM

The decision in Kyiv to stop Lukoil shipments to Hungary and Slovakia was likely coordinated in Brussels as “they cannot stand it that Hungary has not backed down under pressure”, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, said.