310 result(s) for orbán regime
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Border Regime Threatens Asylum Seekers
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Release: Hungary’s new border regime denies access to asylum and exposes vulnerable people to violence and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been trapped in Serbia as a result of the de facto closure of the Hungarian border since September 15, 2015, when a new border regime came into force and a border fence was completed.
Xpat Opinion: Migration: The Clash Of Civilizations?
- 14 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Pundits on both the Right and the Left fear that a European civilization based on Christian and Enlightenment values is endangered by Muslim migrants, whose culture is not compatible with European norms.
Hungarian Opposition Mixed On Juncker Proposal
- 10 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party said that Jean-Claude Juncker is “trying to kill Europe”. Dániel Z. Kárpát, the party’s deputy group leader, said the EC president’s proposals were “baffling”. Z. Kárpát said that by calling for EU member states to grant refugees the right to work, Juncker revealed that “he wants to keep illegal migrants in Europe forever”.
Hungary’s PM Orbán Defends Migrant Stance In OP-ED
- 3 Sep 2015 4:20 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have warning that the current migrant crisis may spark an “explosion”, and he defended Hungary’s decision to build a fence along its southern border with Serbia, in an op-ed article published by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “What we are witnessing today threatens Europe as a whole…” the premier said, noting that so far this year nearly 150,000 “illegal immigrants” ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Border Fence To Be Completed By Aug 31
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The construction of the 175-kilometre fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia will be completed by August 31, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the closing day of the summer university. He said experience has shown that such border closures result in a roughly 85% decrease in the number of illegal border crossers, adding that he expects the fence to bring about “a large-scale improvement”.
Hungary’s Opposition Criticises PM Over Tusványos Speech
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over his remarks at the 26th annual Bálványos Summer University). The radical nationalist Jobbik party said that the prime minister should initiate amending the EU’s founding treaty or Hungary’s treaty of accession. Jobbik said that if Orbán “is truly worried for national self-determination in Europe”, he should reinstate the Border Guard ...
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM’s New Rhetoric
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conservatives welcome a promise by the Prime Minister to adopt a new, more conciliatory attitude, while left-wing observers call it a sham.
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Border Regime Threatens Asylum Seekers
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Release: Hungary’s new border regime denies access to asylum and exposes vulnerable people to violence and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been trapped in Serbia as a result of the de facto closure of the Hungarian border since September 15, 2015, when a new border regime came into force and a border fence was completed.
Xpat Opinion: Migration: The Clash Of Civilizations?
- 14 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Pundits on both the Right and the Left fear that a European civilization based on Christian and Enlightenment values is endangered by Muslim migrants, whose culture is not compatible with European norms.
Hungarian Opposition Mixed On Juncker Proposal
- 10 Sep 2015 9:01 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party said that Jean-Claude Juncker is “trying to kill Europe”. Dániel Z. Kárpát, the party’s deputy group leader, said the EC president’s proposals were “baffling”. Z. Kárpát said that by calling for EU member states to grant refugees the right to work, Juncker revealed that “he wants to keep illegal migrants in Europe forever”.
Hungary’s PM Orbán Defends Migrant Stance In OP-ED
- 3 Sep 2015 4:20 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán have warning that the current migrant crisis may spark an “explosion”, and he defended Hungary’s decision to build a fence along its southern border with Serbia, in an op-ed article published by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “What we are witnessing today threatens Europe as a whole…” the premier said, noting that so far this year nearly 150,000 “illegal immigrants” ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Border Fence To Be Completed By Aug 31
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The construction of the 175-kilometre fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia will be completed by August 31, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on the closing day of the summer university. He said experience has shown that such border closures result in a roughly 85% decrease in the number of illegal border crossers, adding that he expects the fence to bring about “a large-scale improvement”.
Hungary’s Opposition Criticises PM Over Tusványos Speech
- 27 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over his remarks at the 26th annual Bálványos Summer University). The radical nationalist Jobbik party said that the prime minister should initiate amending the EU’s founding treaty or Hungary’s treaty of accession. Jobbik said that if Orbán “is truly worried for national self-determination in Europe”, he should reinstate the Border Guard ...
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM’s New Rhetoric
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conservatives welcome a promise by the Prime Minister to adopt a new, more conciliatory attitude, while left-wing observers call it a sham.