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Afghan Refugee Saves Hungarian Homeless Man’s Life In Budapest
- 14 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
A 16-year-old Afghan refugee sleeping rough in the Hungarian capital Budapest has been hailed a hero for saving the life of a homeless man in front of a soup kitchen in Bérkocsis utca, District VIII, in the early hours of Thursday afternoon.
Over 4,700 Illegal Entrants Detained By Hungarian Police
- 27 Jul 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s police detained 4,725 illegal immigrants between Friday and Sunday, a much larger number than at any weekend before, the police reported. According to the police website, nine people are suspected of human smuggling. Most illegal entrants, including 226 children, were apprehended along Hungary’s southern borders, the report said. The migrants have come from countries including ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister Urges Immediate Solution For Migration
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The pressure of migration on Hungary is also a European issue and an immediate pan-European solution is needed to tackle it, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Brussels. Recent experience shows that the pressure of migration on the EU will shift from Mediterranean routes to land routes during the autumn and winter. As a consequence, the number of illegal migrants crossing the ...
Helsinki: Most Migrants In Hungary Fleeing War, Dictatorship
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The majority of migrants coming to Hungary are not driven by economic reasons but are fleeing countries stricken by war or ruled by dictatorship, the co-head of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee human rights organisation said. Most of the migrants registered in Hungary over the past several weeks have come here from countries like Afghanistan or Syria, where they cannot be returned due to the ...
Eurostat: EU Receives 185,000 Asylum Seekers In Q1
- 19 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union received 185,000 first time asylum seekers during the first three months of 2015, a report released by Eurostat shows. Germany was the top destination for asylum seekers, with 73,100 people filing for refugee status, Eurostat said. Hungary registered the second highest number of applicants totaling 32,800.
NGO Helsinki Committee To Sue Hungary Over Immigration Row
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Helsinki Committee will sue ruling Fidesz for its “false and defamatory” comments, the human rights NGO said. Fidesz said that the Helsinki Committee was a “fake civil organisation working on political commission from its financing international speculators”. It also said the Helsinki Committee was doctoring data on immigration. András Giró-Szász, the communications state secretary, said that ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Xpat Interview 2: Theresa Bubbear, Former Chargé d'Affaires to Hungary
- 6 May 2015 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Kounalakis Writes About Hungary Years
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former US ambassador Eleni Kounalakis recalls her doubts about Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his government in a newly published book on her years in Budapest.
Afghan Refugee Saves Hungarian Homeless Man’s Life In Budapest
- 14 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
A 16-year-old Afghan refugee sleeping rough in the Hungarian capital Budapest has been hailed a hero for saving the life of a homeless man in front of a soup kitchen in Bérkocsis utca, District VIII, in the early hours of Thursday afternoon.
Over 4,700 Illegal Entrants Detained By Hungarian Police
- 27 Jul 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s police detained 4,725 illegal immigrants between Friday and Sunday, a much larger number than at any weekend before, the police reported. According to the police website, nine people are suspected of human smuggling. Most illegal entrants, including 226 children, were apprehended along Hungary’s southern borders, the report said. The migrants have come from countries including ...
Hungarian Foreign Minister Urges Immediate Solution For Migration
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The pressure of migration on Hungary is also a European issue and an immediate pan-European solution is needed to tackle it, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in Brussels. Recent experience shows that the pressure of migration on the EU will shift from Mediterranean routes to land routes during the autumn and winter. As a consequence, the number of illegal migrants crossing the ...
Helsinki: Most Migrants In Hungary Fleeing War, Dictatorship
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The majority of migrants coming to Hungary are not driven by economic reasons but are fleeing countries stricken by war or ruled by dictatorship, the co-head of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee human rights organisation said. Most of the migrants registered in Hungary over the past several weeks have come here from countries like Afghanistan or Syria, where they cannot be returned due to the ...
Eurostat: EU Receives 185,000 Asylum Seekers In Q1
- 19 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Union received 185,000 first time asylum seekers during the first three months of 2015, a report released by Eurostat shows. Germany was the top destination for asylum seekers, with 73,100 people filing for refugee status, Eurostat said. Hungary registered the second highest number of applicants totaling 32,800.
NGO Helsinki Committee To Sue Hungary Over Immigration Row
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Helsinki Committee will sue ruling Fidesz for its “false and defamatory” comments, the human rights NGO said. Fidesz said that the Helsinki Committee was a “fake civil organisation working on political commission from its financing international speculators”. It also said the Helsinki Committee was doctoring data on immigration. András Giró-Szász, the communications state secretary, said that ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Xpat Interview 2: Theresa Bubbear, Former Chargé d'Affaires to Hungary
- 6 May 2015 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Kounalakis Writes About Hungary Years
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former US ambassador Eleni Kounalakis recalls her doubts about Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his government in a newly published book on her years in Budapest.