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Over 24,000 Illegal Entrants Apprehended Over Weekend, Say Hungarian Police
- 28 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have launched proceedings against more than 24,000 migrants who crossed illegally to Hungary over the weekend, it said on its website police.hu. Fully 23,591 people were apprehended on the Hungarian-Croatian border and 636 on the border with Serbia, police said. Five people were taken into custody for suspected forgery. On Saturday and Sunday the Szeged District Prosecution brought 64 ...
Hungary: Abysmal Conditions in Border Detention
- 11 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants and asylum seekers are being held in abysmal conditions in the two Roszke migrant detention centers on the Serbian border, Human Rights Watch said today after obtaining footage from inside the camp and interviewing persons currently and formerly detained there. Hungarian police intercept asylum seekers and migrants entering via Serbia and detain them for days for registration and ...
Migrants Leave Registration Point In W Hungary Towards Austria
- 11 Sep 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first migrants to arrive at a newly opened registration point in Körmend, in western Hungary, left for Austria on foot after just a few hours, the town’s mayor said. István Bebes of the ruling Fidesz party told a press conference after an extraordinary meeting of council representatives that 80-90 migrants arrived by bus early in the morning and left on foot after taking some food, drink and ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Refugees Keep On Coming To Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities continue to register 1,500-2,000 asylum seekers every day, Árpád Szép, the head of refugee affairs at the Immigration and Citizenship Office said yesterday. As of noon Sunday, there were about 3,000 people staying at collection centres. The number of illegal border entrants so far this year is 165,928, National Police border police official László Balázs told a press briefing in ...
Hundreds Spend Night At Hungary’s Röszke Registration Point
- 7 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 migrants spent the night at the registration point at Röszke, on the southern border, public news channel M1 reported. Lines of tents around the registration point were interspersed with camp fires, and migrants who did not have tents spent the “very cold” night on the ground in blankets or sleeping bags, M1’s correspondent reported. Most migrants asked volunteers for blankets and ...
Obama, Kerry Send August 20 Greetigs To Hungary
- 19 Aug 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
US President Barack Obama has sent his congratulations in a letter to János Áder, his Hungarian counterpart, on the occasion of Hungary’s national holiday. “St. Stephen’s success in anchoring Hungary in Europe more than 1,000 years ago remains a historic achievement,” he said, in reference to Hungarians celebrating the birth of their first state led by King Stephen I. “On this day, we celebrate ...
Hungarian Police Seize 2,858 Illegal Border Crossers Over Weekend
- 13 Jul 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Police stopped a total of 2,858 illegal border crossers in Hungary this past weekend, the national police (ORFK) told MTI. The ORFK reported on its website that it had launched proceedings against two individuals for human smuggling and ten for forgery of official documents. The majority of illegal border crossers were caught in the southern portion of Csongrád County, local police said.
Video: Former U.S. Ambassador To Hungary Launches Book About Her Experiences
- 23 Apr 2015 1:35 AM
- community & culture
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a U.S. Ambassador? Find out first hand at a party on 6 May in San Francisco, CA, to celebrate Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis' memoir called 'Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest'. You can also learn details in the video below, and read all about it in a new book, by the first Greek-American woman ever to ...
Over 24,000 Illegal Entrants Apprehended Over Weekend, Say Hungarian Police
- 28 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Police have launched proceedings against more than 24,000 migrants who crossed illegally to Hungary over the weekend, it said on its website police.hu. Fully 23,591 people were apprehended on the Hungarian-Croatian border and 636 on the border with Serbia, police said. Five people were taken into custody for suspected forgery. On Saturday and Sunday the Szeged District Prosecution brought 64 ...
Hungary: Abysmal Conditions in Border Detention
- 11 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants and asylum seekers are being held in abysmal conditions in the two Roszke migrant detention centers on the Serbian border, Human Rights Watch said today after obtaining footage from inside the camp and interviewing persons currently and formerly detained there. Hungarian police intercept asylum seekers and migrants entering via Serbia and detain them for days for registration and ...
Migrants Leave Registration Point In W Hungary Towards Austria
- 11 Sep 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first migrants to arrive at a newly opened registration point in Körmend, in western Hungary, left for Austria on foot after just a few hours, the town’s mayor said. István Bebes of the ruling Fidesz party told a press conference after an extraordinary meeting of council representatives that 80-90 migrants arrived by bus early in the morning and left on foot after taking some food, drink and ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Refugees Keep On Coming To Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities continue to register 1,500-2,000 asylum seekers every day, Árpád Szép, the head of refugee affairs at the Immigration and Citizenship Office said yesterday. As of noon Sunday, there were about 3,000 people staying at collection centres. The number of illegal border entrants so far this year is 165,928, National Police border police official László Balázs told a press briefing in ...
Hundreds Spend Night At Hungary’s Röszke Registration Point
- 7 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 migrants spent the night at the registration point at Röszke, on the southern border, public news channel M1 reported. Lines of tents around the registration point were interspersed with camp fires, and migrants who did not have tents spent the “very cold” night on the ground in blankets or sleeping bags, M1’s correspondent reported. Most migrants asked volunteers for blankets and ...
Obama, Kerry Send August 20 Greetigs To Hungary
- 19 Aug 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
US President Barack Obama has sent his congratulations in a letter to János Áder, his Hungarian counterpart, on the occasion of Hungary’s national holiday. “St. Stephen’s success in anchoring Hungary in Europe more than 1,000 years ago remains a historic achievement,” he said, in reference to Hungarians celebrating the birth of their first state led by King Stephen I. “On this day, we celebrate ...
Hungarian Police Seize 2,858 Illegal Border Crossers Over Weekend
- 13 Jul 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Police stopped a total of 2,858 illegal border crossers in Hungary this past weekend, the national police (ORFK) told MTI. The ORFK reported on its website that it had launched proceedings against two individuals for human smuggling and ten for forgery of official documents. The majority of illegal border crossers were caught in the southern portion of Csongrád County, local police said.
Video: Former U.S. Ambassador To Hungary Launches Book About Her Experiences
- 23 Apr 2015 1:35 AM
- community & culture
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a U.S. Ambassador? Find out first hand at a party on 6 May in San Francisco, CA, to celebrate Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis' memoir called 'Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest'. You can also learn details in the video below, and read all about it in a new book, by the first Greek-American woman ever to ...