202 result(s) for illegal immigration
Registration Around The Clock In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Immigration and Citizenship Office is registering illegal arrivals to Hungary on a 24-hour basis in six locations around the country and from 6 a.m., to 10 p.m., in a further four bases, the Office announced on Monday. The Office can register 1,500-2,000 asylum-seekers a day.
Hungarian, Intl Aid Groups Working At Röszke
- 8 Sep 2015 4:30 AM
- current affairs
Members of several Hungarian and international aid organisations are distributing aid at a reception centre for migrants at Röszke near the Serbian border, MTI’s correspondent reported from the site. Several hundred migrants on Tuesday morning were waiting to be transferred to points set up by the Hungarian immigration office for registering them. The aid organisations were distributing food, ...
Refugees Keep On Coming To Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities continue to register 1,500-2,000 asylum seekers every day, Árpád Szép, the head of refugee affairs at the Immigration and Citizenship Office said yesterday. As of noon Sunday, there were about 3,000 people staying at collection centres. The number of illegal border entrants so far this year is 165,928, National Police border police official László Balázs told a press briefing in ...
Hungarian Government's Information Campaign Against Illegal Migration
- 4 Sep 2015 9:08 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is launching an information campaign combating illegal immigration. During the Government’s short but focused campaign (which will use the services of international advertising agency J. Walter Thompson), announcements in given local languages will be placed in leading newspapers in countries of origin and transit countries most associated with illegal migration. The ...
Hungarian Civil Group S Protest Planned Legal Amendments On Migration
- 3 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Planned legal amendments to allow army mobilisation in connection with the migrant situation and making illegal border crossing into a crime will bring back practices from the Communist era, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) said. TASZ said lawmakers should not approve a law that “disregards the basic requirements of constitutionality” even on the premise that a large number of migrants ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán Defends Migrant Stance In OP-ED
- 3 Sep 2015 4:20 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have warning that the current migrant crisis may spark an “explosion”, and he defended Hungary’s decision to build a fence along its southern border with Serbia, in an op-ed article published by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “What we are witnessing today threatens Europe as a whole…” the premier said, noting that so far this year nearly 150,000 “illegal immigrants” ...
PM Orbán: EU Criticising Hungary For Doing Its Duty
- 3 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called on the EU to refrain from criticising Hungary when all the country was doing was fulfilling its duties to the bloc. Referring to a package of proposed amendments before parliament to tighten up border security and immigration rules, Orbán said the new laws would “bring about a new situation in Hungary and Europe”, noting that asylum-seekers, human smugglers and ...
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 ...
Jobbik, Socialists Each Make Proposals For Hungarian Border Crisis Management
- 27 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has proposed amending the constitution so that the armed forces can be mobilised without any legal uncertainties to protect Hungary’s border. The Socialists, on the other hand, called for setting up more reception centres and speeding up asylum procedures on site. “Hungary should make it clear that it does not allow illegal migrants to cross its territory and ...
Registration Around The Clock In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Immigration and Citizenship Office is registering illegal arrivals to Hungary on a 24-hour basis in six locations around the country and from 6 a.m., to 10 p.m., in a further four bases, the Office announced on Monday. The Office can register 1,500-2,000 asylum-seekers a day.
Hungarian, Intl Aid Groups Working At Röszke
- 8 Sep 2015 4:30 AM
- current affairs
Members of several Hungarian and international aid organisations are distributing aid at a reception centre for migrants at Röszke near the Serbian border, MTI’s correspondent reported from the site. Several hundred migrants on Tuesday morning were waiting to be transferred to points set up by the Hungarian immigration office for registering them. The aid organisations were distributing food, ...
Refugees Keep On Coming To Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities continue to register 1,500-2,000 asylum seekers every day, Árpád Szép, the head of refugee affairs at the Immigration and Citizenship Office said yesterday. As of noon Sunday, there were about 3,000 people staying at collection centres. The number of illegal border entrants so far this year is 165,928, National Police border police official László Balázs told a press briefing in ...
Hungarian Government's Information Campaign Against Illegal Migration
- 4 Sep 2015 9:08 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is launching an information campaign combating illegal immigration. During the Government’s short but focused campaign (which will use the services of international advertising agency J. Walter Thompson), announcements in given local languages will be placed in leading newspapers in countries of origin and transit countries most associated with illegal migration. The ...
Hungarian Civil Group S Protest Planned Legal Amendments On Migration
- 3 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Planned legal amendments to allow army mobilisation in connection with the migrant situation and making illegal border crossing into a crime will bring back practices from the Communist era, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (TASZ) said. TASZ said lawmakers should not approve a law that “disregards the basic requirements of constitutionality” even on the premise that a large number of migrants ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán Defends Migrant Stance In OP-ED
- 3 Sep 2015 4:20 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have warning that the current migrant crisis may spark an “explosion”, and he defended Hungary’s decision to build a fence along its southern border with Serbia, in an op-ed article published by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “What we are witnessing today threatens Europe as a whole…” the premier said, noting that so far this year nearly 150,000 “illegal immigrants” ...
PM Orbán: EU Criticising Hungary For Doing Its Duty
- 3 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called on the EU to refrain from criticising Hungary when all the country was doing was fulfilling its duties to the bloc. Referring to a package of proposed amendments before parliament to tighten up border security and immigration rules, Orbán said the new laws would “bring about a new situation in Hungary and Europe”, noting that asylum-seekers, human smugglers and ...
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 ...
Jobbik, Socialists Each Make Proposals For Hungarian Border Crisis Management
- 27 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has proposed amending the constitution so that the armed forces can be mobilised without any legal uncertainties to protect Hungary’s border. The Socialists, on the other hand, called for setting up more reception centres and speeding up asylum procedures on site. “Hungary should make it clear that it does not allow illegal migrants to cross its territory and ...