562 result(s) for migration issue
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, 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 ...
Leading European Geographical Societies To Hold Congress In Budapest
- 25 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest will host the 5th congress of the European Association of Geographical Societies (EUGEO) between August 31 and September 2, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences said. Fully 602 delegates from 45 countries will gather to discuss climate change, demography, migration and urban development issues that will affect the continent’s future. EUGEO held its first congress in 2007 in Amsterdam.
Afghan Embassy Budapest Closed Last Month
- 12 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Afghan embassy in Budapest closed on July 1 for reasons of economy, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. It said the embassy closed, presumably because the Afghan government is cutting its network of embassies for financial reasons. There are some 2,000 Afghans among the 5,000-6,000 asylum seekers staying in Hungary, according to the Helsinki Committee.
Old Röszke-Horgos Border-Crossing Station In Hungary Re-Opened
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The old Röszke-Horgos border-crossing station has been re-opened. The two-by-two-lane border-crossing station on the No. 5 motorway is open to international passenger traffic, not including vehicles which are not allowed to use motorways, and coaches in August, every day between 7.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed at the inauguration ceremony ...
Hungarian Christian Democrat: Europe Unable To Tackle Migration Problem
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
European Union leaders have shown themselves incapable of tackling migration issues, the “challenge of the century”, Péter Harrach, group leader of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, told a press conference. Harrach rejected the “liberal and radical” position under which immigrants should be provided “unlimited” entry. He advocated an approach of “two-way responsibility”: the persecuted should be ...
Fidesz: Reception Centres In Hungary Temporary Solution
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party wants a multipronged solution to the problem of illegal migration rather than building reception centres, spokesman Bence Tuzson said. Temporary reception centres are needed but these must be closed once the wave of illegal migration wanes, he said, noting that the number of illegal migrants in the country recently surpassed 100,000.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán Is ‘No Black Sheep’ In Europe
- 30 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal commentator claims that PM Orbán’s critics are mistaken when they assume that the Hungarian Prime Minister’s views on migration are unusual and marginal.
Most Hungarians Support Stricter Migration Rules
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The vast majority of Hungarians who returned the government’s questionnaire on migration said that tighter regulations are needed both on a national and a European level to stem the flow of illegal migrants into Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. A negligible amount of respondents disagreed with the statements in the questionnaire, Kovács told a press conference.
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, 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 ...
Leading European Geographical Societies To Hold Congress In Budapest
- 25 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest will host the 5th congress of the European Association of Geographical Societies (EUGEO) between August 31 and September 2, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences said. Fully 602 delegates from 45 countries will gather to discuss climate change, demography, migration and urban development issues that will affect the continent’s future. EUGEO held its first congress in 2007 in Amsterdam.
Afghan Embassy Budapest Closed Last Month
- 12 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Afghan embassy in Budapest closed on July 1 for reasons of economy, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. It said the embassy closed, presumably because the Afghan government is cutting its network of embassies for financial reasons. There are some 2,000 Afghans among the 5,000-6,000 asylum seekers staying in Hungary, according to the Helsinki Committee.
Old Röszke-Horgos Border-Crossing Station In Hungary Re-Opened
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The old Röszke-Horgos border-crossing station has been re-opened. The two-by-two-lane border-crossing station on the No. 5 motorway is open to international passenger traffic, not including vehicles which are not allowed to use motorways, and coaches in August, every day between 7.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó stressed at the inauguration ceremony ...
Hungarian Christian Democrat: Europe Unable To Tackle Migration Problem
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
European Union leaders have shown themselves incapable of tackling migration issues, the “challenge of the century”, Péter Harrach, group leader of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, told a press conference. Harrach rejected the “liberal and radical” position under which immigrants should be provided “unlimited” entry. He advocated an approach of “two-way responsibility”: the persecuted should be ...
Fidesz: Reception Centres In Hungary Temporary Solution
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party wants a multipronged solution to the problem of illegal migration rather than building reception centres, spokesman Bence Tuzson said. Temporary reception centres are needed but these must be closed once the wave of illegal migration wanes, he said, noting that the number of illegal migrants in the country recently surpassed 100,000.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán Is ‘No Black Sheep’ In Europe
- 30 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal commentator claims that PM Orbán’s critics are mistaken when they assume that the Hungarian Prime Minister’s views on migration are unusual and marginal.
Most Hungarians Support Stricter Migration Rules
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The vast majority of Hungarians who returned the government’s questionnaire on migration said that tighter regulations are needed both on a national and a European level to stem the flow of illegal migrants into Hungary, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. A negligible amount of respondents disagreed with the statements in the questionnaire, Kovács told a press conference.