546 result(s) for fence
Hungary Rejects Accusation That It Is Not Taking Appropriate Action Re Migrants
- 2 Sep 2015 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary firmly rejects any accusation that suggests that its actions concerning the issue of migrants are wanting, Levente Magyar, foreign ministry state secretary for economic diplomacy, said. Referring to criticism by Austrian officials regarding Hungary’s decision to allow migrants to travel to westwards on Monday, he told a news conference that within 24 hours another country that is in an ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Video: Migrants Breach Hungary's Razor Wire Fence
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- video
Britain, France and Germany have called for reception centres to be set up, and the finger printing of migrants and refugees, once they arrive in Europe.
The three countries have requested an emergency EU meeting, to be held in Brussels in two weeks time, to discuss "concrete" measures to better deal with the increasing numbers of new arrivals. The BBC's Damian Grammaticas reports from the city ...
Hungary Rejects French Foreign Minister’s “Accusations”
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government rejects any “ignoble accusations” such as recently made by Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, a state secretary at the Hungarian foreign ministry told a press conference. Levente Magyar spoke after talks with the ambassador or France, who had been summoned to the ministry over his minister’s criticism of Hungary for building a fence along its southern border ...
Video: Hungary FM To Meet French Ambassador After Border Fence Remarks
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary's foreign minister will meet the French ambassador later on Monday (August 31) after the French foreign minister's criticism of Hungary's so-called anti-migrant fence. Laurent Fabius said Hungary did not "respect the common values of Europe" by erecting barriers at its border. The meeting was scheduled to begin as more than 2,500 refugees and migrants on board a ship from the Greek island ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Socialists At A Loss About Migration
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing journalist suggests that the left wing opposition was late in recognising the significance of the current migration wave and finds it difficult to react because its own constituency is divided.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Government Plans To Reintroduce Border Patrols
- 30 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Columnists on Left and Right discuss the government’s plan to criminalize illegal border crossing and to deploy special police units in order to patrol the frontiers and keep illegal migrants out. Last week, János Lázár, the Cabinet Minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s office, announced the government’s plans to deploy special police border guard squads to its frontier with Serbia in order ...
Refugees Flow Through Hungarian Border Towards Szeged
- 26 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Serbian authorities transported 150 bus loads of illegal immigrants from Belgrade to the Hungarian border in two days as the first of the refugees who were stopped at the Greek-Macedonian border for days last week, arrived at the Serbia-Hungary border. The refugees gather at a collection point in Serbia then follow railway tracks to arrive in Hungary near Röszke.
Migrants Cut Through Razor Fence On Hungary - Serbia Border
- 26 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants arriving to Hungary from Serbia have once again cut through the NATO-wire fence on the joint border, public television M1’s correspondent reported from the site. The migrants cut through the wire and threw clothes and sleeping bags through it so they could climb under or over the fence without being injured, the correspondent said.
Hungary Rejects Accusation That It Is Not Taking Appropriate Action Re Migrants
- 2 Sep 2015 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary firmly rejects any accusation that suggests that its actions concerning the issue of migrants are wanting, Levente Magyar, foreign ministry state secretary for economic diplomacy, said. Referring to criticism by Austrian officials regarding Hungary’s decision to allow migrants to travel to westwards on Monday, he told a news conference that within 24 hours another country that is in an ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Video: Migrants Breach Hungary's Razor Wire Fence
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- video
Britain, France and Germany have called for reception centres to be set up, and the finger printing of migrants and refugees, once they arrive in Europe.
The three countries have requested an emergency EU meeting, to be held in Brussels in two weeks time, to discuss "concrete" measures to better deal with the increasing numbers of new arrivals. The BBC's Damian Grammaticas reports from the city ...
Hungary Rejects French Foreign Minister’s “Accusations”
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government rejects any “ignoble accusations” such as recently made by Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, a state secretary at the Hungarian foreign ministry told a press conference. Levente Magyar spoke after talks with the ambassador or France, who had been summoned to the ministry over his minister’s criticism of Hungary for building a fence along its southern border ...
Video: Hungary FM To Meet French Ambassador After Border Fence Remarks
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary's foreign minister will meet the French ambassador later on Monday (August 31) after the French foreign minister's criticism of Hungary's so-called anti-migrant fence. Laurent Fabius said Hungary did not "respect the common values of Europe" by erecting barriers at its border. The meeting was scheduled to begin as more than 2,500 refugees and migrants on board a ship from the Greek island ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Socialists At A Loss About Migration
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing journalist suggests that the left wing opposition was late in recognising the significance of the current migration wave and finds it difficult to react because its own constituency is divided.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Government Plans To Reintroduce Border Patrols
- 30 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Columnists on Left and Right discuss the government’s plan to criminalize illegal border crossing and to deploy special police units in order to patrol the frontiers and keep illegal migrants out. Last week, János Lázár, the Cabinet Minister in charge of the Prime Minister’s office, announced the government’s plans to deploy special police border guard squads to its frontier with Serbia in order ...
Refugees Flow Through Hungarian Border Towards Szeged
- 26 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Serbian authorities transported 150 bus loads of illegal immigrants from Belgrade to the Hungarian border in two days as the first of the refugees who were stopped at the Greek-Macedonian border for days last week, arrived at the Serbia-Hungary border. The refugees gather at a collection point in Serbia then follow railway tracks to arrive in Hungary near Röszke.
Migrants Cut Through Razor Fence On Hungary - Serbia Border
- 26 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants arriving to Hungary from Serbia have once again cut through the NATO-wire fence on the joint border, public television M1’s correspondent reported from the site. The migrants cut through the wire and threw clothes and sleeping bags through it so they could climb under or over the fence without being injured, the correspondent said.