363 result(s) for motorway
New Wave Of 200-250 Migrants Leave Röszke In Hungary
- 9 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
A group of 200-250 migrants left the registration point near Röszke, near the Serbian border, on Wednesday morning, MTI’s correspondent reported. The group, composed mostly of young men, pushed past the lines formed by police and set off in the direction of motorway M5 leading north. They were joined by families and women later on. No tear gas or batons were used by police. Police were seeking to ...
Three Suspects Arrested For Robbing Migrants In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Three men have been taken into custody in Szeged, southeast Hungary, in connection with the theft of 2,000 euros from four Syrian migrants near the M5 motorway, local police said. Spokeswoman Csilla Gyugyi said the suspects offered to transport the migrants from Roszke, on the southern border with Serbia, to Budapest for 250 euros per head. The migrants accepted the offer and paid a deposit.
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, ...
Xpat Opinion: Thousands Of Undocumented Migrants Leave Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
An agreement with Germany and Austria has allowed Hungary to transfer asylum seekers to the Austrian border. Weeklies and dailies ponder the implications of the crisis and the prospect of its resolution. On Friday, groups of migrants from Keleti railway station and from several refugee camps left for Austria on foot after the Budapest-Vienna train line was shut down because of the presence of ...
Austrian & Hungarian Heads Of Government To Meet Next Week
- 6 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán consulted several times overnight via telephone with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann concerning the latest developments in the refugee crisis, and the two politicians will meet for bilateral discussion next week, the Hungarian Prime Minister said at an early afternoon press conference on Saturday.
Refugees March Out Of Hungary
- 6 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: Over the past two days, thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have embarked on a 100-mile march from Budapest to the Austrian border. They left behind the squalor and uncertainty at Keleti train station to create their own humanitarian corridor through the European Union. They made history.
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 ...
Hundreds Break Out Of Röszke Reception Centre In Hungary
- 4 Sep 2015 3:30 AM
- current affairs
Around three hundred people broke out of the reception centre near the southern border station of Röszke on Friday, complaining that assessments of their asylum applications were too slow. One of the migrants who broke out of the centre told M1 news channel that they were giving the authorities a two-hour deadline to assess their applications.
Xpat Opinion: Five Arrests Over Migrant Truck Deaths
- 3 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative commentator ascribes the flourishing human trafficking business, and thus the tragedy of the 71 migrants found dead in a truck on the roadside in Eastern Austria, to the impotence of the European Union to face the mounting wave of immigration from the Third World.
New Wave Of 200-250 Migrants Leave Röszke In Hungary
- 9 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
A group of 200-250 migrants left the registration point near Röszke, near the Serbian border, on Wednesday morning, MTI’s correspondent reported. The group, composed mostly of young men, pushed past the lines formed by police and set off in the direction of motorway M5 leading north. They were joined by families and women later on. No tear gas or batons were used by police. Police were seeking to ...
Three Suspects Arrested For Robbing Migrants In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Three men have been taken into custody in Szeged, southeast Hungary, in connection with the theft of 2,000 euros from four Syrian migrants near the M5 motorway, local police said. Spokeswoman Csilla Gyugyi said the suspects offered to transport the migrants from Roszke, on the southern border with Serbia, to Budapest for 250 euros per head. The migrants accepted the offer and paid a deposit.
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, ...
Xpat Opinion: Thousands Of Undocumented Migrants Leave Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
An agreement with Germany and Austria has allowed Hungary to transfer asylum seekers to the Austrian border. Weeklies and dailies ponder the implications of the crisis and the prospect of its resolution. On Friday, groups of migrants from Keleti railway station and from several refugee camps left for Austria on foot after the Budapest-Vienna train line was shut down because of the presence of ...
Austrian & Hungarian Heads Of Government To Meet Next Week
- 6 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán consulted several times overnight via telephone with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann concerning the latest developments in the refugee crisis, and the two politicians will meet for bilateral discussion next week, the Hungarian Prime Minister said at an early afternoon press conference on Saturday.
Refugees March Out Of Hungary
- 6 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: Over the past two days, thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have embarked on a 100-mile march from Budapest to the Austrian border. They left behind the squalor and uncertainty at Keleti train station to create their own humanitarian corridor through the European Union. They made history.
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 ...
Hundreds Break Out Of Röszke Reception Centre In Hungary
- 4 Sep 2015 3:30 AM
- current affairs
Around three hundred people broke out of the reception centre near the southern border station of Röszke on Friday, complaining that assessments of their asylum applications were too slow. One of the migrants who broke out of the centre told M1 news channel that they were giving the authorities a two-hour deadline to assess their applications.
Xpat Opinion: Five Arrests Over Migrant Truck Deaths
- 3 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative commentator ascribes the flourishing human trafficking business, and thus the tragedy of the 71 migrants found dead in a truck on the roadside in Eastern Austria, to the impotence of the European Union to face the mounting wave of immigration from the Third World.