554 result(s) for asylum
Those Who Wish To Help Refugees In Hungary Should Do So Through Aid Organisations
- 10 Sep 2015 10:20 AM
- current affairs
Those who truly wish to help asylum-seekers should do so through aid organisations which have extensive experience of decades, are familiar with the relevant regulations, and are able to cooperate with the authorities, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog said at the press conference held in Budapest after a meeting with the members of the Charity Council.
Refugees Close Hungary's M5 Motorway
- 10 Sep 2015 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A section of the M5 motorway in southeast Hungary had to be closed yesterday afternoon when a crowd of 200-250 refugees began walking towards Budapest after fleeing a Röszke detention centre. Police provided an escort and eventually persuaded them to be taken to reception stations in buses. A Syrian woman attempting to escape threw a piece of concrete at a police officer in Röszke on Wednesday, ...
Christian Democrat’s Leader In Hungary: Self-Defence Cannot Overwrite Need For Humanitarian Aid
- 10 Sep 2015 4:59 AM
- current affairs
Providing humanitarian aid should not be contrasted with Europe’s selfdefence, Péter Harrach, group leader of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, said. “The hungry should be fed now,” and Hungary’s authorities are doing just that, he said. In the long run people seeking asylum from persecution and European citizens worried about their security have a shared interest; peace should be built in the ...
Migrants At Budapest Keleti Station Number 2,000
- 10 Sep 2015 4:58 AM
- current affairs
By Thursday morning the number of migrants waiting at Budapest’s Keleti railway station has reached 2,000, Tibor Lakatos, a senior officer of the national police, told the press. Lakatos said the police were working to direct the illegal migrants to reception points of the immigration office. Lakatos said that some 1,000 police officers were working along the Hungary-Serbia border in the south.
UNHCR Director Calls For Simpler Registration For Migrants In Hungary
- 9 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants arriving in Hungary seeking international protection should be offered simpler registration procedures and sufficient services, UN Refugee Agency UNHCR Director of the Bureau for Europe, Vincent Cochetel said in Budapest. Cochetel told a press conference that the agency was asking Hungarian authorities to make the registration procedure simpler, allow humanitarian organisations to help ...
Xpat Opinion: New Hungarian Laws To Curb Immigration
- 9 Sep 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Pundits across the political spectrum wonder how the migrant situation will develop as the flow of migrants shows no signs of abating.
Last Friday, the Hungarian Parliament amended a series of laws and introduced the concept of “state of crisis” caused by mass migration. According to the new regulations, damaging the fence on Hungary’s border becomes a criminal act.
Last Friday, the Hungarian Parliament amended a series of laws and introduced the concept of “state of crisis” caused by mass migration. According to the new regulations, damaging the fence on Hungary’s border becomes a criminal act.
Construction Of The Hungarian Border Barrier Must Be Accelerated
- 8 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“The refugees are not seeking political asylum in Europe, but have instead left their home countries in the hope of a better life”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared in an interview with Austrian public media network ORF.
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 ...
Registration Around The Clock In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Immigration and Citizenship Office is registering illegal arrivals to Hungary on a 24-hour basis in six locations around the country and from 6 a.m., to 10 p.m., in a further four bases, the Office announced on Monday. The Office can register 1,500-2,000 asylum-seekers a day.
Those Who Wish To Help Refugees In Hungary Should Do So Through Aid Organisations
- 10 Sep 2015 10:20 AM
- current affairs
Those who truly wish to help asylum-seekers should do so through aid organisations which have extensive experience of decades, are familiar with the relevant regulations, and are able to cooperate with the authorities, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog said at the press conference held in Budapest after a meeting with the members of the Charity Council.
Refugees Close Hungary's M5 Motorway
- 10 Sep 2015 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A section of the M5 motorway in southeast Hungary had to be closed yesterday afternoon when a crowd of 200-250 refugees began walking towards Budapest after fleeing a Röszke detention centre. Police provided an escort and eventually persuaded them to be taken to reception stations in buses. A Syrian woman attempting to escape threw a piece of concrete at a police officer in Röszke on Wednesday, ...
Christian Democrat’s Leader In Hungary: Self-Defence Cannot Overwrite Need For Humanitarian Aid
- 10 Sep 2015 4:59 AM
- current affairs
Providing humanitarian aid should not be contrasted with Europe’s selfdefence, Péter Harrach, group leader of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, said. “The hungry should be fed now,” and Hungary’s authorities are doing just that, he said. In the long run people seeking asylum from persecution and European citizens worried about their security have a shared interest; peace should be built in the ...
Migrants At Budapest Keleti Station Number 2,000
- 10 Sep 2015 4:58 AM
- current affairs
By Thursday morning the number of migrants waiting at Budapest’s Keleti railway station has reached 2,000, Tibor Lakatos, a senior officer of the national police, told the press. Lakatos said the police were working to direct the illegal migrants to reception points of the immigration office. Lakatos said that some 1,000 police officers were working along the Hungary-Serbia border in the south.
UNHCR Director Calls For Simpler Registration For Migrants In Hungary
- 9 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants arriving in Hungary seeking international protection should be offered simpler registration procedures and sufficient services, UN Refugee Agency UNHCR Director of the Bureau for Europe, Vincent Cochetel said in Budapest. Cochetel told a press conference that the agency was asking Hungarian authorities to make the registration procedure simpler, allow humanitarian organisations to help ...
Xpat Opinion: New Hungarian Laws To Curb Immigration
- 9 Sep 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Pundits across the political spectrum wonder how the migrant situation will develop as the flow of migrants shows no signs of abating.
Last Friday, the Hungarian Parliament amended a series of laws and introduced the concept of “state of crisis” caused by mass migration. According to the new regulations, damaging the fence on Hungary’s border becomes a criminal act.
Last Friday, the Hungarian Parliament amended a series of laws and introduced the concept of “state of crisis” caused by mass migration. According to the new regulations, damaging the fence on Hungary’s border becomes a criminal act.
Construction Of The Hungarian Border Barrier Must Be Accelerated
- 8 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
“The refugees are not seeking political asylum in Europe, but have instead left their home countries in the hope of a better life”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared in an interview with Austrian public media network ORF.
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 ...
Registration Around The Clock In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Immigration and Citizenship Office is registering illegal arrivals to Hungary on a 24-hour basis in six locations around the country and from 6 a.m., to 10 p.m., in a further four bases, the Office announced on Monday. The Office can register 1,500-2,000 asylum-seekers a day.