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Hungarian Left-Liberal Opposition Against Migration Related Amendments Tabled To Parliament
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal opposition parties protested against a package of legal amendments tabled in parliament on government handling of mass migration. Lawmakers began a twoday debate of the bills on Thursday. Dialogue for Hungary (PM) called the amendments “inhumane and vile” as well as unconstitutional. PM lawmaker Tímea Szabó said the amendments would not offer any genuine solution to the migrant ...
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 ...
Hungarian Govt: Schengen Does Not Answer Migration Issue
- 4 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The Schengen Agreement does not answer the problem of migration, and therefore the rules of border surveillance must be made more stringent, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on the public service television news channel M1 on Friday.
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Migration Getting Out Of Control In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pundits across the political spectrum fear that migration will cause an ever bigger problem in Europe in the absence of a common EU migration framework. The lack of a joint EU solution may also endanger free movement in the EU. In the latest development in the migrant crisis, Budapest’s Keleti railway station was closed down, as a growing and increasingly desperate crowd of asylum seekers tried ...
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 ...
Hungary Asks Germany To Clear Position On Illegal Migrants
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has asked Germany to clarify the legal situation regarding the movement of illegal migrants within the European Union. Government spokesman András Giró- Szász said that over the past few days the Hungarian government has acted in full observance of EU and Hungarian laws in situations that emerged at Budapest railway stations and other places.
'Not In My Name', Demonstration Organised By Migration Aid Budapest, 2 September
- 1 Sep 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Press release: Migration Aid has been doing its job quietly, solving problems on the ground every day. Now it is time to speak up.
We are organizing a silent demonstration on Wednesday 2 September, starting at 7pm, in order to put pressure on the Government regarding the issues listed below.
The route of the demonstration: Nyugati Railway Station, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Alkotmány ...
We are organizing a silent demonstration on Wednesday 2 September, starting at 7pm, in order to put pressure on the Government regarding the issues listed below.
The route of the demonstration: Nyugati Railway Station, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Alkotmány ...
Iraqi Migrants Freed From Abandoned Minivan In Hungary Near Austrian Border
- 1 Sep 2015 3:40 AM
- current affairs
Police freed ten migrants locked in a small van left abandoned by the driver on the roadside near the Hegyeshalom crossing point to Austria, a regional press spokesman said. The ten Iraqi nationals were discovered hiding in the back of the vehicle and shouting for help on Monday afternoon. The minivan carrying German plates was seized and legal proceedings were launched.
Hungarian Left-Liberal Opposition Against Migration Related Amendments Tabled To Parliament
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal opposition parties protested against a package of legal amendments tabled in parliament on government handling of mass migration. Lawmakers began a twoday debate of the bills on Thursday. Dialogue for Hungary (PM) called the amendments “inhumane and vile” as well as unconstitutional. PM lawmaker Tímea Szabó said the amendments would not offer any genuine solution to the migrant ...
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 ...
Hungarian Govt: Schengen Does Not Answer Migration Issue
- 4 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The Schengen Agreement does not answer the problem of migration, and therefore the rules of border surveillance must be made more stringent, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on the public service television news channel M1 on Friday.
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Migration Getting Out Of Control In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pundits across the political spectrum fear that migration will cause an ever bigger problem in Europe in the absence of a common EU migration framework. The lack of a joint EU solution may also endanger free movement in the EU. In the latest development in the migrant crisis, Budapest’s Keleti railway station was closed down, as a growing and increasingly desperate crowd of asylum seekers tried ...
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 ...
Hungary Asks Germany To Clear Position On Illegal Migrants
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has asked Germany to clarify the legal situation regarding the movement of illegal migrants within the European Union. Government spokesman András Giró- Szász said that over the past few days the Hungarian government has acted in full observance of EU and Hungarian laws in situations that emerged at Budapest railway stations and other places.
'Not In My Name', Demonstration Organised By Migration Aid Budapest, 2 September
- 1 Sep 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Press release: Migration Aid has been doing its job quietly, solving problems on the ground every day. Now it is time to speak up.
We are organizing a silent demonstration on Wednesday 2 September, starting at 7pm, in order to put pressure on the Government regarding the issues listed below.
The route of the demonstration: Nyugati Railway Station, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Alkotmány ...
We are organizing a silent demonstration on Wednesday 2 September, starting at 7pm, in order to put pressure on the Government regarding the issues listed below.
The route of the demonstration: Nyugati Railway Station, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Alkotmány ...
Iraqi Migrants Freed From Abandoned Minivan In Hungary Near Austrian Border
- 1 Sep 2015 3:40 AM
- current affairs
Police freed ten migrants locked in a small van left abandoned by the driver on the roadside near the Hegyeshalom crossing point to Austria, a regional press spokesman said. The ten Iraqi nationals were discovered hiding in the back of the vehicle and shouting for help on Monday afternoon. The minivan carrying German plates was seized and legal proceedings were launched.