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New Migrant Collection Point At Röszke In Hungary Opens On Friday
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A new collection point for migrants to be set up at Röszke, in southern Hungary, will have capacity for 1,000 people, the national police headquarters said. The new facility built at a cost of 38 million forints (EUR 120,000) is planned to be completed on Friday. MTI was told that the collection point will be located near the hangar where the registration of migrants is currently being carried ...
Photo Article: Refugees Leave Budapest On Foot Towards Austrian Border
- 4 Sep 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
About 2500 migrants decided to leave Budapest on foot on Friday afternoon and started to march westwards, saying they were heading towards Austria and Germany. The crowd includes mostly men and younger migrants but also some disabled persons, as well as families carrying children. Around 4 pm the marching migrants, preparing to walk 175 kilometres to the border, have reached the M1 motorway where ...
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 ...
Hungarian Defence, National Security Committees Discuss Migrant Crisis
- 2 Sep 2015 9:50 AM
- current affairs
Over twenty government officials attended the joint session of parliament’s defence and national security committees to discuss Hungary’s response to the ongoing migrant crisis. Interior ministry state secretary Károly Kontrát told the committees that once the construction of the fence on the border with Serbia is complete, it will be secure enough to stem the flow of illegal migrants.
Mayor: Shelter For Refugees In Budapest Temporary
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest does not intend to accommodate migrants in the long term and the shelter being offered is temporary only, the city’s mayor told MTI. The city’s management rejects any “cheap, political attempts” to suggest that the city is acting against the interests of its residents, István Tarlós said, commenting on a demonstration organised by the radical nationalist Jobbik party on Monday.
Hungarian Police Take Suspected Human Traffickers Into Custody
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian police took into custody the drivers of three vehicles suspected of human trafficking, the Budapest police headquarters said. The police took into custody a Lithuanian driving a vehicle with Lithuanian number plates carrying twelve Syrians in the country illegally. The police later took into custody an Austrian driver in a vehicle with Austrian number plates carrying five Syrian ...
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 ...
Jobbik Calls Hungarian Govt Plans For Border Police “Bluff”
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government’s plans to set up border police units to prevent illegal migrants from entering Hungary are not even sufficient to be called “displacement activity” and can only be interpreted as “bluff”, the radical nationalist Jobbik party said. Party spokesman Ádám Mirkóczki said that instead of setting up teams within the existing police force to work along the southern borders, a dedicated ...
Austria Returns Seven Times More Migrants To Hungary
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria expelled and returned to Hungary seven times more illegal migrants in the first seven months of this year than in the corresponding period of last year, the national police headquarters reported. The Győr-Moson-Sopron County police headquarters collected 48 illegal migrants from Austria in early August.
New Migrant Collection Point At Röszke In Hungary Opens On Friday
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A new collection point for migrants to be set up at Röszke, in southern Hungary, will have capacity for 1,000 people, the national police headquarters said. The new facility built at a cost of 38 million forints (EUR 120,000) is planned to be completed on Friday. MTI was told that the collection point will be located near the hangar where the registration of migrants is currently being carried ...
Photo Article: Refugees Leave Budapest On Foot Towards Austrian Border
- 4 Sep 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
About 2500 migrants decided to leave Budapest on foot on Friday afternoon and started to march westwards, saying they were heading towards Austria and Germany. The crowd includes mostly men and younger migrants but also some disabled persons, as well as families carrying children. Around 4 pm the marching migrants, preparing to walk 175 kilometres to the border, have reached the M1 motorway where ...
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 ...
Hungarian Defence, National Security Committees Discuss Migrant Crisis
- 2 Sep 2015 9:50 AM
- current affairs
Over twenty government officials attended the joint session of parliament’s defence and national security committees to discuss Hungary’s response to the ongoing migrant crisis. Interior ministry state secretary Károly Kontrát told the committees that once the construction of the fence on the border with Serbia is complete, it will be secure enough to stem the flow of illegal migrants.
Mayor: Shelter For Refugees In Budapest Temporary
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest does not intend to accommodate migrants in the long term and the shelter being offered is temporary only, the city’s mayor told MTI. The city’s management rejects any “cheap, political attempts” to suggest that the city is acting against the interests of its residents, István Tarlós said, commenting on a demonstration organised by the radical nationalist Jobbik party on Monday.
Hungarian Police Take Suspected Human Traffickers Into Custody
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian police took into custody the drivers of three vehicles suspected of human trafficking, the Budapest police headquarters said. The police took into custody a Lithuanian driving a vehicle with Lithuanian number plates carrying twelve Syrians in the country illegally. The police later took into custody an Austrian driver in a vehicle with Austrian number plates carrying five Syrian ...
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 ...
Jobbik Calls Hungarian Govt Plans For Border Police “Bluff”
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government’s plans to set up border police units to prevent illegal migrants from entering Hungary are not even sufficient to be called “displacement activity” and can only be interpreted as “bluff”, the radical nationalist Jobbik party said. Party spokesman Ádám Mirkóczki said that instead of setting up teams within the existing police force to work along the southern borders, a dedicated ...
Austria Returns Seven Times More Migrants To Hungary
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria expelled and returned to Hungary seven times more illegal migrants in the first seven months of this year than in the corresponding period of last year, the national police headquarters reported. The Győr-Moson-Sopron County police headquarters collected 48 illegal migrants from Austria in early August.