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Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
“Europe & Hungary Are Experiencing A Refugee Crisis”
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a very real refugee crisis unfolding in Hungary, and nobody knows how long it will last. The government provides funding for everything except essentials: billions of forints squandered on billboard campaigns and a 175-kilometre border fence, while the migrant servicing system is overwhelmed. The answer has yet to be found on a European level, as well.
Border Fence Construction To Start In Hungary In Weeks
- 3 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The construction of a temporary fence along the Hungarian-Serbian border should start within a few weeks to stem the massive flow of illegal migrants, János Lázár, the government office chief, said. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made it clear during a Wednesday cabinet session that the fence should be constructed as soon as possible. The government cannot wait four or five months for it to be put ...
Hungarian Opposition: Fence No Solution To Migrant Problem
- 2 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Leftist opposition parties urged the government to find different solutions to migration problems than the ones it has been advocating. Commenting on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s press conference after a Serbia-Hungary intergovernmental meeting, opposition parties with the exception of Jobbik, expressed dislike for the plans to build a fence on Hungary’s southern border with Serbia.
Hungarian Parliament Passes Bill In Asylum Law
- 1 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers approved a decree which mandates the government to identify “safe” countries from where asylum requests would be rejected. The ruling Fidesz decree passed with 140 MPs in favour and 14 against and 27 abstentions. Governing parties and radical nationalist Jobbik party voted in favour, LMP and independents against and Socialist lawmakers abstained.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Receives Special Status In EU Migrant Quota System
- 1 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EU summit shifted from mandatory to voluntary migrant quotas, and granted Hungary special treatment. Commentators disagree on whether or not the Prime Minister managed to convince the European Union of Hungary’s migration needs.
Xpat Opinion: Freedom House Downgrades Hungary
- 1 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a recent report by Freedom House, a left-wing columnist speculates that Hungary will soon become ‘an island of unfreedom’ in Europe. A conservative pundit thinks that the Freedom House assessment is marked by political bias.
Refugees Should Not Be Sent Back To Hungary
- 29 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to the presidents of the European Commission and the European Parliament asking that migrants scheduled to be returned to Hungary should be sent back to Greece, PMO Minister János Lázár told his regular Thursday press briefing.
Hungary Rejects EC Economic Policy Advice
- 29 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary cannot accept two of the European Commission’s country-specific economic policy recommendations, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. One of these are the comments on its fostered work programme and the other is in connection with planned budget adjustments, Orbán said after an EU summit in Brussels. The European Council has declared the recommendations “generally acceptable”, which means ...
Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
“Europe & Hungary Are Experiencing A Refugee Crisis”
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a very real refugee crisis unfolding in Hungary, and nobody knows how long it will last. The government provides funding for everything except essentials: billions of forints squandered on billboard campaigns and a 175-kilometre border fence, while the migrant servicing system is overwhelmed. The answer has yet to be found on a European level, as well.
Border Fence Construction To Start In Hungary In Weeks
- 3 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The construction of a temporary fence along the Hungarian-Serbian border should start within a few weeks to stem the massive flow of illegal migrants, János Lázár, the government office chief, said. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made it clear during a Wednesday cabinet session that the fence should be constructed as soon as possible. The government cannot wait four or five months for it to be put ...
Hungarian Opposition: Fence No Solution To Migrant Problem
- 2 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Leftist opposition parties urged the government to find different solutions to migration problems than the ones it has been advocating. Commenting on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s press conference after a Serbia-Hungary intergovernmental meeting, opposition parties with the exception of Jobbik, expressed dislike for the plans to build a fence on Hungary’s southern border with Serbia.
Hungarian Parliament Passes Bill In Asylum Law
- 1 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawmakers approved a decree which mandates the government to identify “safe” countries from where asylum requests would be rejected. The ruling Fidesz decree passed with 140 MPs in favour and 14 against and 27 abstentions. Governing parties and radical nationalist Jobbik party voted in favour, LMP and independents against and Socialist lawmakers abstained.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Receives Special Status In EU Migrant Quota System
- 1 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EU summit shifted from mandatory to voluntary migrant quotas, and granted Hungary special treatment. Commentators disagree on whether or not the Prime Minister managed to convince the European Union of Hungary’s migration needs.
Xpat Opinion: Freedom House Downgrades Hungary
- 1 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a recent report by Freedom House, a left-wing columnist speculates that Hungary will soon become ‘an island of unfreedom’ in Europe. A conservative pundit thinks that the Freedom House assessment is marked by political bias.
Refugees Should Not Be Sent Back To Hungary
- 29 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has written to the presidents of the European Commission and the European Parliament asking that migrants scheduled to be returned to Hungary should be sent back to Greece, PMO Minister János Lázár told his regular Thursday press briefing.
Hungary Rejects EC Economic Policy Advice
- 29 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary cannot accept two of the European Commission’s country-specific economic policy recommendations, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. One of these are the comments on its fostered work programme and the other is in connection with planned budget adjustments, Orbán said after an EU summit in Brussels. The European Council has declared the recommendations “generally acceptable”, which means ...