107 result(s) for asylum claim
Hungary’s Opposition PM Slams Orbán For Anti - Immigration Remarks
- 12 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) condemns Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent remarks on immigration and asks the premier to withdraw his statements. On Sunday, after attending a mass rally in Paris, Orbán called for a firm EU response to the terrorist murders in France, and added that “immigration must be stopped”. People claiming political asylum should be exempted, he told public ...
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
Hungarian Writer Kertész Granted Asylum In Canada
- 18 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Canada has approved writer Ákos Kertész’s application for political asylum, accepting the claim that he is persecuted in his own country. Kertész, who has been living in Canada since February 2012, angered many when he wrote in US-based Amerikai Népszava on August 29, 2011 that Hungarians have not faced up to the Holocaust, in part because they are “genetically subservient” and tend to blame ...
Xpat Opinion: The Jewish Background Of A Far-Right Leader In Hungary
- 7 Aug 2012 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators poke fun at Jobbik MEP Csanád Szegedi who has turned out to have Jewish ancestry. Far right bloggers urge him to withdraw from politics. Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona says the case proves that his party is not racist.
Balog Sees Massive Return Of Roma To Hungary
- 21 Jun 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is preparing to cope with the return of large numbers of Roma from Canada, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told the newspaper Észak-Magyarország. He said punishing those who cheated those who sought asylum in Canada is unavoidable.
Hungarian Ministry To Drink Canada Dry?
- 8 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Justice Ministry is in talks with their Canadian counterparts to discuss the immigration of Gypsies from Eastern Europe, sources close to the minister revealed in Budapest on Thursday. The two partners are believed to discuss ways of permitting Hungarian Gypsies to enjoy the social system and hospitality of the Canadian people.
Down And Out In Budapest: Somali Refugees Face Winter Struggle
- 1 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Abdurrahman* has dodged bullets in his native Mogadishu and endured tremendous hardship to reach Europe, but he says nothing has been as bad as his experiences in the Hungarian capital.
Hungary Is Becoming A Problem For Canada
- 4 Mar 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"Four Hungarians who went to Canada to watch the Vancouver Winter Olypics are now seeking refugee status, CTV News has learned. The fans include other claimants as well, two from Japan and one from Russia. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Hungary was "becoming a problem" for Canada.
Hungary’s Opposition PM Slams Orbán For Anti - Immigration Remarks
- 12 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) condemns Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent remarks on immigration and asks the premier to withdraw his statements. On Sunday, after attending a mass rally in Paris, Orbán called for a firm EU response to the terrorist murders in France, and added that “immigration must be stopped”. People claiming political asylum should be exempted, he told public ...
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
Hungarian Writer Kertész Granted Asylum In Canada
- 18 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Canada has approved writer Ákos Kertész’s application for political asylum, accepting the claim that he is persecuted in his own country. Kertész, who has been living in Canada since February 2012, angered many when he wrote in US-based Amerikai Népszava on August 29, 2011 that Hungarians have not faced up to the Holocaust, in part because they are “genetically subservient” and tend to blame ...
Xpat Opinion: The Jewish Background Of A Far-Right Leader In Hungary
- 7 Aug 2012 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators poke fun at Jobbik MEP Csanád Szegedi who has turned out to have Jewish ancestry. Far right bloggers urge him to withdraw from politics. Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona says the case proves that his party is not racist.
Balog Sees Massive Return Of Roma To Hungary
- 21 Jun 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is preparing to cope with the return of large numbers of Roma from Canada, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told the newspaper Észak-Magyarország. He said punishing those who cheated those who sought asylum in Canada is unavoidable.
Hungarian Ministry To Drink Canada Dry?
- 8 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Justice Ministry is in talks with their Canadian counterparts to discuss the immigration of Gypsies from Eastern Europe, sources close to the minister revealed in Budapest on Thursday. The two partners are believed to discuss ways of permitting Hungarian Gypsies to enjoy the social system and hospitality of the Canadian people.
Down And Out In Budapest: Somali Refugees Face Winter Struggle
- 1 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Abdurrahman* has dodged bullets in his native Mogadishu and endured tremendous hardship to reach Europe, but he says nothing has been as bad as his experiences in the Hungarian capital.
Hungary Is Becoming A Problem For Canada
- 4 Mar 2010 4:00 AM
- current affairs
"Four Hungarians who went to Canada to watch the Vancouver Winter Olypics are now seeking refugee status, CTV News has learned. The fans include other claimants as well, two from Japan and one from Russia. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Hungary was "becoming a problem" for Canada.