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Budapest Keleti Railway Station Resumes Services, Migrants Not Allowed To Enter
- 1 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s Keleti railway station resumed services after 10am on Tuesday. The station was temporarily closed from 9.09am after police action to stop migrants from entering the railway station. Other passengers were allowed to board an international service bound to Vienna. When the station was closed down after 9am for an unspecified period, all passengers were asked to leave the building.
Avramopoulos: EU Ready To Give Further Help To Hungary
- 1 Sep 2015 3:50 AM
- current affairs
The European Union is prepared to set up so-called hot spots in Hungary to help speed up asylum procedures, the EU’s migration affairs commissioner said, adding that Hungary will receive 185 million euros in EU funding to handle its migration crisis. EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said in Calais that Hungary had asked for an extra 8 million euros ...
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 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 ...
Order Must Be Restored Along Hungarian Border
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no choice but to restore order along its border and that of the European Union, because otherwise it will be unable to successfully stem the flow of illegal immigrants, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on Hungarian M1 television’s “Actual Channel” programme on Thursday evening. According to the Government Spokesperson, an untenable state of affairs has developed not only in ...
Migrants Ad Campaign To Cost Hungary HUF 1bn
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has set aside just over Ft 1 billion for a campaign in foreign countries to discourage refugees from coming to Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács confirmed in an interview with Magyar Hírlap on Friday. Kovács said the campaign is planned for the migrants’ countries of origin and transit countries, adding “it is important that the news be spread that Hungary strictly ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Found Dead In A Hungarian Lorry
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság urges more inclusive attitudes towards migration in order to avoid tragedies caused by ruthless human traffickers.
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: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...
Budapest Keleti Railway Station Resumes Services, Migrants Not Allowed To Enter
- 1 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s Keleti railway station resumed services after 10am on Tuesday. The station was temporarily closed from 9.09am after police action to stop migrants from entering the railway station. Other passengers were allowed to board an international service bound to Vienna. When the station was closed down after 9am for an unspecified period, all passengers were asked to leave the building.
Avramopoulos: EU Ready To Give Further Help To Hungary
- 1 Sep 2015 3:50 AM
- current affairs
The European Union is prepared to set up so-called hot spots in Hungary to help speed up asylum procedures, the EU’s migration affairs commissioner said, adding that Hungary will receive 185 million euros in EU funding to handle its migration crisis. EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said in Calais that Hungary had asked for an extra 8 million euros ...
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 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 ...
Order Must Be Restored Along Hungarian Border
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no choice but to restore order along its border and that of the European Union, because otherwise it will be unable to successfully stem the flow of illegal immigrants, Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said on Hungarian M1 television’s “Actual Channel” programme on Thursday evening. According to the Government Spokesperson, an untenable state of affairs has developed not only in ...
Migrants Ad Campaign To Cost Hungary HUF 1bn
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has set aside just over Ft 1 billion for a campaign in foreign countries to discourage refugees from coming to Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács confirmed in an interview with Magyar Hírlap on Friday. Kovács said the campaign is planned for the migrants’ countries of origin and transit countries, adding “it is important that the news be spread that Hungary strictly ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Found Dead In A Hungarian Lorry
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság urges more inclusive attitudes towards migration in order to avoid tragedies caused by ruthless human traffickers.
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: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...