276 result(s) for asylum seekers
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.
Lawmakers Debate Migration Rules, Fence Along Hungarian Border
- 18 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers started a debate in parliament over an amendment filed by the government to tighten rules on granting refugee status in Hungary. The bill, submitted by three senior Fidesz officials, motioned to declare some countries “safe” in terms of immigration and declare that asylum-seekers arriving to Hungary from those transit countries should be denied refugee status.
Austria Sending Police To Hungarian - Serb Border
- 11 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In view of the growing number of refugees, Austria will send 40 police officers to the Serbian-Hungarian border after holding consultations with the Hungarian authorities, Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said in a Wednesday statement. The move is not directed against refugees but aimed at solving the international crisis situation that has developed in Europe.
Lázár: Migrants Rejected By EU Have No Place In Hungary
- 5 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Asylum-seekers returned to Hungary from other European Union states “cannot stay” in the country, János Lázár, the minister heading the cabinet, said at his regular Thursday press conference. “We are working to expel them,” Lázár said, answering a question concerning migrants who entered Hungary and went on to other EU countries before being rejected by them and sent back to Hungary.
EU Asks Hungary To Receive 1,100 Asylum Seekers
- 28 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary would be required to take in a total of 1,134 asylum seekers over the next two years under the latest European Commission proposal for dealing with the rise in refugees arriving at EU borders and coastlines. As the plan, released on Wednesday, envisages resettling 60,000 migrants, Hungary would be host to about 2% of the total.
Most Hungarians Would Handle Migration At National Level
- 28 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Seventy-five percent of Hungarians think that migration should be tackled by member states rather than at European Union level, according to a recent survey conducted by think-tank Századvég. Fully, 83% of respondents said they had heard about the system proposed by the EU which would allocate a quota for the number of asylum-seekers to be received by each member state, the survey showed.
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 ...
Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Hungary Stands Up For The European Ideal Of The Freedom Of Expression
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary stands up for the European ideal of the freedom of expression, and wants to decide for itself whether it wants immigrants or not, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in the debate on the situation in Hungary held at a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg last week.
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.
Lawmakers Debate Migration Rules, Fence Along Hungarian Border
- 18 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers started a debate in parliament over an amendment filed by the government to tighten rules on granting refugee status in Hungary. The bill, submitted by three senior Fidesz officials, motioned to declare some countries “safe” in terms of immigration and declare that asylum-seekers arriving to Hungary from those transit countries should be denied refugee status.
Austria Sending Police To Hungarian - Serb Border
- 11 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In view of the growing number of refugees, Austria will send 40 police officers to the Serbian-Hungarian border after holding consultations with the Hungarian authorities, Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said in a Wednesday statement. The move is not directed against refugees but aimed at solving the international crisis situation that has developed in Europe.
Lázár: Migrants Rejected By EU Have No Place In Hungary
- 5 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Asylum-seekers returned to Hungary from other European Union states “cannot stay” in the country, János Lázár, the minister heading the cabinet, said at his regular Thursday press conference. “We are working to expel them,” Lázár said, answering a question concerning migrants who entered Hungary and went on to other EU countries before being rejected by them and sent back to Hungary.
EU Asks Hungary To Receive 1,100 Asylum Seekers
- 28 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary would be required to take in a total of 1,134 asylum seekers over the next two years under the latest European Commission proposal for dealing with the rise in refugees arriving at EU borders and coastlines. As the plan, released on Wednesday, envisages resettling 60,000 migrants, Hungary would be host to about 2% of the total.
Most Hungarians Would Handle Migration At National Level
- 28 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Seventy-five percent of Hungarians think that migration should be tackled by member states rather than at European Union level, according to a recent survey conducted by think-tank Századvég. Fully, 83% of respondents said they had heard about the system proposed by the EU which would allocate a quota for the number of asylum-seekers to be received by each member state, the survey showed.
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 ...
Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Hungary Stands Up For The European Ideal Of The Freedom Of Expression
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary stands up for the European ideal of the freedom of expression, and wants to decide for itself whether it wants immigrants or not, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated in the debate on the situation in Hungary held at a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg last week.