215 result(s) for eu asylum
Deportation Of Rejected Asylum Seekers Should Be Managed At EU Level
- 8 May 2017 6:54 AM
- current affairs
The deportation of rejected asylum seekers is a major refugee policy challenge that should be coped with at the level of the European Union, László Trócsányi, Hungary’s justice minister, told an Austrian paper. In an interview published in Die Presse, he said that for various reasons expulsion from EU member states “is not possible” in most cases.
Government: Hungary Not Changing Immigration Rules
- 4 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has no intention of changing the country’s immigration rules, the Government Information Centre said on Wednesday. In its statement the centre noted that the Hungarian government had been conducting regular talks with European Commission officials on Hungary’s immigration rules.
Orbán: Security Of Hungarians Guaranteed For Long Term
- 2 May 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The double fence on Hungary’s southern border will guarantee the security of Hungarians for a long time, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview to public radio on Friday. The 155-kilometre long fortified fence which is being inaugurated today is up to the job of “keeping out any kind of mass of people”, Orbán said.
Hungary Stopping Migration, Not Organising It
- 28 Apr 2017 7:14 AM
- current affairs
János Lázár, the government office chief, touched on the topic of illegal migration, noting that Hungary and the EU had decided to set up a working group to review Hungary’s tightened asylum laws. Hungary’s stance is to “stop migration rather than organise it”, he said.
'Outrageous' NY Times Article On Hungary
- 24 Apr 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Government spokesman Zoltán Kovács has slammed a recent article in The New York Times as “offensive” for comparing the migrants living in the Hungarian transit zones to the victims of the Holocaust, adding that it “probably ranks among the most outrageous statements about Hungary that we’ve seen in the media in years”.
'Born To Wander', English-Speaking Theatre In Budapest, 12 April
- 11 Apr 2017 1:06 AM
- entertainment
For years, the journey from Novi Sad to Berlin was the only way out of poverty and discrimination for the Roma of the Balkans. The play Born to Wander (The Journey / DROM) reveals the poetry and politics of ‘being on the road’ in the form of a sensationalist tv show with lots of humour, live music and film. The English-speaking international performance can be seen on 12 th April in Átrium ...
Orbán’s Advisor: Public Survey Needed Because Brussels, Budapest Disagree On Migration
- 10 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister’s security advisor has said Hungary’s forthcoming national consultation, a survey of citizens on a range of issues including mass illegal migration, is necessary because the public will have the chance to give their opinion on the government’s migration policy and signal its opposition to demands made by Brussels.
Strasbourg Court Bans Hungary From Confining Eight Migrants
- 29 Mar 2017 10:10 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights has banned Hungarian authorities from transferring eight teenagers and a pregnant woman from a refugee asylum near Budapest to the transit zone along the Hungary-Serbia border “to be detained”, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee reported on Tuesday.
Hungary’s Position On Migration More Popular
- 27 Mar 2017 7:07 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s position on illegal migration is gaining support but the battle in Brussels continues, Peter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, told MTI in an interview. The minister noted that not long ago Austria’s then chancellor “accused Hungary of fascism only because it had protected itself from illegal migration.
Deportation Of Rejected Asylum Seekers Should Be Managed At EU Level
- 8 May 2017 6:54 AM
- current affairs
The deportation of rejected asylum seekers is a major refugee policy challenge that should be coped with at the level of the European Union, László Trócsányi, Hungary’s justice minister, told an Austrian paper. In an interview published in Die Presse, he said that for various reasons expulsion from EU member states “is not possible” in most cases.
Government: Hungary Not Changing Immigration Rules
- 4 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has no intention of changing the country’s immigration rules, the Government Information Centre said on Wednesday. In its statement the centre noted that the Hungarian government had been conducting regular talks with European Commission officials on Hungary’s immigration rules.
Orbán: Security Of Hungarians Guaranteed For Long Term
- 2 May 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The double fence on Hungary’s southern border will guarantee the security of Hungarians for a long time, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview to public radio on Friday. The 155-kilometre long fortified fence which is being inaugurated today is up to the job of “keeping out any kind of mass of people”, Orbán said.
Hungary Stopping Migration, Not Organising It
- 28 Apr 2017 7:14 AM
- current affairs
János Lázár, the government office chief, touched on the topic of illegal migration, noting that Hungary and the EU had decided to set up a working group to review Hungary’s tightened asylum laws. Hungary’s stance is to “stop migration rather than organise it”, he said.
'Outrageous' NY Times Article On Hungary
- 24 Apr 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Government spokesman Zoltán Kovács has slammed a recent article in The New York Times as “offensive” for comparing the migrants living in the Hungarian transit zones to the victims of the Holocaust, adding that it “probably ranks among the most outrageous statements about Hungary that we’ve seen in the media in years”.
'Born To Wander', English-Speaking Theatre In Budapest, 12 April
- 11 Apr 2017 1:06 AM
- entertainment
For years, the journey from Novi Sad to Berlin was the only way out of poverty and discrimination for the Roma of the Balkans. The play Born to Wander (The Journey / DROM) reveals the poetry and politics of ‘being on the road’ in the form of a sensationalist tv show with lots of humour, live music and film. The English-speaking international performance can be seen on 12 th April in Átrium ...
Orbán’s Advisor: Public Survey Needed Because Brussels, Budapest Disagree On Migration
- 10 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister’s security advisor has said Hungary’s forthcoming national consultation, a survey of citizens on a range of issues including mass illegal migration, is necessary because the public will have the chance to give their opinion on the government’s migration policy and signal its opposition to demands made by Brussels.
Strasbourg Court Bans Hungary From Confining Eight Migrants
- 29 Mar 2017 10:10 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights has banned Hungarian authorities from transferring eight teenagers and a pregnant woman from a refugee asylum near Budapest to the transit zone along the Hungary-Serbia border “to be detained”, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee reported on Tuesday.
Hungary’s Position On Migration More Popular
- 27 Mar 2017 7:07 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s position on illegal migration is gaining support but the battle in Brussels continues, Peter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign minister, told MTI in an interview. The minister noted that not long ago Austria’s then chancellor “accused Hungary of fascism only because it had protected itself from illegal migration.

















