84 result(s) for new wave of migrants
Szijjártó: V4 Agree To Help Patrol Hungary’s Border
- 9 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrád Four countries have agreed that the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland will help patrol Hungary’s southern border, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, said in Luxembourg on the sidelines of a conference on migration and the western Balkans route. He argued that the migrant crisis is a global problem in need of a global solution and he criticised “several European leaders” who only ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Orbán’s Diplomatic Initiatives On Migration
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on whether the Prime Minister has been successful in promoting his ideas on solving the migrant crisis among European leaders. Meanwhile the conviction is gaining ground that Europe is late in meeting the migration challenge.
Xpat Opinion: Summit Rejects Hungarian PM’s Plan To Guard Greece’s Borders
- 25 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
After the EU summit agreed to try and keep Syrian refugees outside the European Union, but declined the Hungarian proposal to set up a joint force to guard Greece’s maritime borders, left-wing commentators think the Prime Minister has gone too far in criticising Chancellor Merkel of Germany.
Hungarian Analyst: Migrant Wave Unlikely To Ease In Winter
- 24 Sep 2015 3:56 AM
- current affairs
The number of migrants is not expected to drop considerably in the winter, the director of Hungary’s Institute for Migration Research told daily Magyar Hirlap. Citing statistics, Balázs Orbán said that the figures did decline in the winter of 2012 and 2013 but clearly increased in the winter of 2014, reflecting a change in motivations for migration. Conditions in Turkish refugee camps will ...
Budget May Be Amended To Reflect Hungary’s Cost Of Migration Measures
- 15 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
If the migration crisis is sustained it may be necessary to amend the budget, though for the time being measures can be paid for by making internal budget transfers, the economy minister said. Mihály Varga told public service news website hirado. hu that the government had spent almost 30 billion forints (EUR 96m) on fortifying the Serbian-Hungarian border. In addition are extra costs related to ...
Hungary’s Catholic Bishop Calls For Solidarity But Warns Against “Cultural Invasion”
- 14 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Catholic community of Szeged in south Hungary embraces solidarity towards migrants, but it must also call attention to the dangers of a possible “cultural invasion” that growing mass migration may bring, Bishop László Kiss-Rigó said. “All our fellow humans suffering from physical, emotional or intellectual poverty should be helped regardless of race, language, religion or sympathies,” the ...
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Humanity Delivers To Budapest
- 8 Sep 2015 5:30 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: What an incredible difference. Keleti station seemed largely vacant as we first entered the initial passageway. Further progressing into the vast area, tents were here and there, and people still lying on the ground. But something was distinctly different. Aside from the lack of bodies you had to sidestep through, there was a distinct feeling of elation. The intense, heaviness we ...
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 ...
Szijjártó: V4 Agree To Help Patrol Hungary’s Border
- 9 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrád Four countries have agreed that the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland will help patrol Hungary’s southern border, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, said in Luxembourg on the sidelines of a conference on migration and the western Balkans route. He argued that the migrant crisis is a global problem in need of a global solution and he criticised “several European leaders” who only ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Orbán’s Diplomatic Initiatives On Migration
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on whether the Prime Minister has been successful in promoting his ideas on solving the migrant crisis among European leaders. Meanwhile the conviction is gaining ground that Europe is late in meeting the migration challenge.
Xpat Opinion: Summit Rejects Hungarian PM’s Plan To Guard Greece’s Borders
- 25 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
After the EU summit agreed to try and keep Syrian refugees outside the European Union, but declined the Hungarian proposal to set up a joint force to guard Greece’s maritime borders, left-wing commentators think the Prime Minister has gone too far in criticising Chancellor Merkel of Germany.
Hungarian Analyst: Migrant Wave Unlikely To Ease In Winter
- 24 Sep 2015 3:56 AM
- current affairs
The number of migrants is not expected to drop considerably in the winter, the director of Hungary’s Institute for Migration Research told daily Magyar Hirlap. Citing statistics, Balázs Orbán said that the figures did decline in the winter of 2012 and 2013 but clearly increased in the winter of 2014, reflecting a change in motivations for migration. Conditions in Turkish refugee camps will ...
Budget May Be Amended To Reflect Hungary’s Cost Of Migration Measures
- 15 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
If the migration crisis is sustained it may be necessary to amend the budget, though for the time being measures can be paid for by making internal budget transfers, the economy minister said. Mihály Varga told public service news website hirado. hu that the government had spent almost 30 billion forints (EUR 96m) on fortifying the Serbian-Hungarian border. In addition are extra costs related to ...
Hungary’s Catholic Bishop Calls For Solidarity But Warns Against “Cultural Invasion”
- 14 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Catholic community of Szeged in south Hungary embraces solidarity towards migrants, but it must also call attention to the dangers of a possible “cultural invasion” that growing mass migration may bring, Bishop László Kiss-Rigó said. “All our fellow humans suffering from physical, emotional or intellectual poverty should be helped regardless of race, language, religion or sympathies,” the ...
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Humanity Delivers To Budapest
- 8 Sep 2015 5:30 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: What an incredible difference. Keleti station seemed largely vacant as we first entered the initial passageway. Further progressing into the vast area, tents were here and there, and people still lying on the ground. But something was distinctly different. Aside from the lack of bodies you had to sidestep through, there was a distinct feeling of elation. The intense, heaviness we ...
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 ...