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Detained Migrants Demand Better Conditions, Faster Procedures
- 2 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants at a detention centre in Kiskunhalas, in south-eastern Hungary, demanded better conditions and faster procedures in a petition, local police reported. Out of the facility’s 500 inmates some 300 supported the petition, and complained about their confinement and slow bureaucracy, the police said on its website.
US Report: Hungary Handling Of Migrants Grave Problem
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US Department of State defined the way migrants and asylum seekers are handled among the gravest human rights problems in Hungary in 2015 in its country report. The report pointed to xenophobic rhetoric and a lack of humanitarian aid, and noted Hungarian legislation passed last year that made illegal crossing a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment and expulsion.
Human Rights Watch Criticises Hungary Over Conditions Of Migrants
- 3 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Asylum seekers and immigrants in Hungary are detained for too long and often under unacceptable conditions, the international Human Rights Watch said in a report. In October, HRW visited seven Hungarian migrant facilities, with inmates who had been detained for illegal entry or whose asylum application was pending or had been rejected. According to the report, conditions for those vulnerable ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Counter-Terrorism Unit Criticized
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing and liberal columnists ridicule TEK, Hungary’s top counter-terrorism unit for swooping on ‘memorabilia enthusiasts’ with their horde of weapons and explosives. A pro-government commentator defends TEK’s action, although he finds its communication strategy misleading.
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Prison Inmates In Hungary To Get Mobile Phones
- 13 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- tech
A liberal columnist welcomes the government’s decision to buy mobile phones for prison inmates, and calls for more spending on detainees. A conservative pundit, on the other hand, thinks that the money should have been spent on improving education possibilities for inmates.
Hungarian Prisoners Make Supporting Structures For Border Fence
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Inmates of Pálhalma National Prison are preparing the supporting structures of the border fence, a local ruling party politician said. The various work phases were presented at the galvanizing plant of DAK Steel Structure Ltd. on the perimeters of Dunaújváros Steelworks.
Hungarian Paramilitary Leader Suspected Of Promoting Illegal Immigration
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Róbert Kiss, head of the now defunct New Hungarian Guard, is suspected of “organising transportation for illegal immigrants to Budapest”, daily Napi Gazdaság reported. The paper associated Kiss and another person with a recent statement by counter-terrorism force TEK, which apprehended two people, unnamed in the report, in the act of negotiating a transfer with five Syrian immigrants in southern ...
Strasbourg Human Rights Court Makes Final Judgement On Hungarian Prison Conditions
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the absence of an appeal by the Hungarian state, the Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights has issued a final judgement against Hungary in a case concerning poor conditions in Hungarian prisons, the daily Népszabadság said. The lawyer of several complainants, Gábor Magyar, told the paper that around two thousand complaints to the human rights court were being prepared, and he estimated ...
Detained Migrants Demand Better Conditions, Faster Procedures
- 2 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants at a detention centre in Kiskunhalas, in south-eastern Hungary, demanded better conditions and faster procedures in a petition, local police reported. Out of the facility’s 500 inmates some 300 supported the petition, and complained about their confinement and slow bureaucracy, the police said on its website.
US Report: Hungary Handling Of Migrants Grave Problem
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US Department of State defined the way migrants and asylum seekers are handled among the gravest human rights problems in Hungary in 2015 in its country report. The report pointed to xenophobic rhetoric and a lack of humanitarian aid, and noted Hungarian legislation passed last year that made illegal crossing a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment and expulsion.
Human Rights Watch Criticises Hungary Over Conditions Of Migrants
- 3 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Asylum seekers and immigrants in Hungary are detained for too long and often under unacceptable conditions, the international Human Rights Watch said in a report. In October, HRW visited seven Hungarian migrant facilities, with inmates who had been detained for illegal entry or whose asylum application was pending or had been rejected. According to the report, conditions for those vulnerable ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Counter-Terrorism Unit Criticized
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing and liberal columnists ridicule TEK, Hungary’s top counter-terrorism unit for swooping on ‘memorabilia enthusiasts’ with their horde of weapons and explosives. A pro-government commentator defends TEK’s action, although he finds its communication strategy misleading.
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Prison Inmates In Hungary To Get Mobile Phones
- 13 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- tech
A liberal columnist welcomes the government’s decision to buy mobile phones for prison inmates, and calls for more spending on detainees. A conservative pundit, on the other hand, thinks that the money should have been spent on improving education possibilities for inmates.
Hungarian Prisoners Make Supporting Structures For Border Fence
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Inmates of Pálhalma National Prison are preparing the supporting structures of the border fence, a local ruling party politician said. The various work phases were presented at the galvanizing plant of DAK Steel Structure Ltd. on the perimeters of Dunaújváros Steelworks.
Hungarian Paramilitary Leader Suspected Of Promoting Illegal Immigration
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Róbert Kiss, head of the now defunct New Hungarian Guard, is suspected of “organising transportation for illegal immigrants to Budapest”, daily Napi Gazdaság reported. The paper associated Kiss and another person with a recent statement by counter-terrorism force TEK, which apprehended two people, unnamed in the report, in the act of negotiating a transfer with five Syrian immigrants in southern ...
Strasbourg Human Rights Court Makes Final Judgement On Hungarian Prison Conditions
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the absence of an appeal by the Hungarian state, the Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights has issued a final judgement against Hungary in a case concerning poor conditions in Hungarian prisons, the daily Népszabadság said. The lawyer of several complainants, Gábor Magyar, told the paper that around two thousand complaints to the human rights court were being prepared, and he estimated ...