55 result(s) for strand in Current Affairs
Human Rights Watch: Hungary: Failing To Protect Vulnerable Refugees
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is keeping many of the most vulnerable asylum seekers stranded on its border in poor conditions for weeks while they wait to enter the country and file their claims, Human Rights Watch said today. Some said that border officials had used excessive force against them.
Nat Sec CTTEE: Turkey Situation Could Worsen Migrant Crisis
- 31 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The current situation in Turkey could worsen Europe’s migration crisis, the head and deputy head of parliament’s national security committee said after a committee session. The state of domestic politics in Turkey has changed, and there is a serious threat that it could ignite a migration wave through the Balkan route similar to the wave seen last year, Zsolt Molnár, the committee’s head, said.
Up To 150 Migrants Damage Southern Border Fence Daily
- 31 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
About 100-150 migrants attempt to enter Hungary each day by damaging the fence along the border with Serbia and another 700-900 are thwarted in their attempt by the presence of border guards, the prime minister’s chief domestic security advisor said.
Fearing Migrants, Growing Number Of Germans Move To Hungary
- 27 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
More and more Germans are moving to the Lake Balaton area in Hungary due to their dissatisfaction with the German government’s asylum policy and a fear of migrants, German public service broadcaster Bayerische Rundfunk (BR) said. BR quoted several real estate agents from around the Balaton area as saying that they have noticed a surge in German clients since last September.
Foreign Minister Urges Support For Countries Looking After Refugees
- 13 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian foreign minister called for more support for Middle Eastern countries looking after refugees, in an interview with CNN aired on Wednesday. Péter Szijjártó said the international community should provide financial aid to Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and the Kurdish region of Iraq so those countries can help the “millions” of refugees stranded there. He said deciding who should be allowed ...
Terror Alert Could Remain At Level 2 For One Or Two Weeks
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Thursday morning György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Hungarian television channel TV2 that the terror alert in Hungary will remain at Level 2 until the circumstances of the Brussels attacks and its potential further strands have been clarified.
Govt Spent HUF 80 Bn On Managing Migration In 2015
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government spent a total of 80 billion forints (EUR 257m) on managing the migration crisis last year, the prime minister’s chief domestic security advisor said. György Bakondi said there are currently a total of 2,200 migrants in Hungary either in immigration detention or staying at community shelters. Hungary once again saw a rise in illegal entrants during the first two months of ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Dispatches: Stranded In Budapest’s Train Station
- 4 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: “Why are they lying to us? Why did police tell me that the train will go to Germany when it will really go to [a] camp?” asked Mohammed, 34, from Syria, when I told him that the train he was about to board this morning was not heading to Austria and Germany but to a processing center outside Budapest.
Human Rights Watch: Hungary: Failing To Protect Vulnerable Refugees
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is keeping many of the most vulnerable asylum seekers stranded on its border in poor conditions for weeks while they wait to enter the country and file their claims, Human Rights Watch said today. Some said that border officials had used excessive force against them.
Nat Sec CTTEE: Turkey Situation Could Worsen Migrant Crisis
- 31 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The current situation in Turkey could worsen Europe’s migration crisis, the head and deputy head of parliament’s national security committee said after a committee session. The state of domestic politics in Turkey has changed, and there is a serious threat that it could ignite a migration wave through the Balkan route similar to the wave seen last year, Zsolt Molnár, the committee’s head, said.
Up To 150 Migrants Damage Southern Border Fence Daily
- 31 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
About 100-150 migrants attempt to enter Hungary each day by damaging the fence along the border with Serbia and another 700-900 are thwarted in their attempt by the presence of border guards, the prime minister’s chief domestic security advisor said.
Fearing Migrants, Growing Number Of Germans Move To Hungary
- 27 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
More and more Germans are moving to the Lake Balaton area in Hungary due to their dissatisfaction with the German government’s asylum policy and a fear of migrants, German public service broadcaster Bayerische Rundfunk (BR) said. BR quoted several real estate agents from around the Balaton area as saying that they have noticed a surge in German clients since last September.
Foreign Minister Urges Support For Countries Looking After Refugees
- 13 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian foreign minister called for more support for Middle Eastern countries looking after refugees, in an interview with CNN aired on Wednesday. Péter Szijjártó said the international community should provide financial aid to Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and the Kurdish region of Iraq so those countries can help the “millions” of refugees stranded there. He said deciding who should be allowed ...
Terror Alert Could Remain At Level 2 For One Or Two Weeks
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Thursday morning György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Hungarian television channel TV2 that the terror alert in Hungary will remain at Level 2 until the circumstances of the Brussels attacks and its potential further strands have been clarified.
Govt Spent HUF 80 Bn On Managing Migration In 2015
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government spent a total of 80 billion forints (EUR 257m) on managing the migration crisis last year, the prime minister’s chief domestic security advisor said. György Bakondi said there are currently a total of 2,200 migrants in Hungary either in immigration detention or staying at community shelters. Hungary once again saw a rise in illegal entrants during the first two months of ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Dispatches: Stranded In Budapest’s Train Station
- 4 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: “Why are they lying to us? Why did police tell me that the train will go to Germany when it will really go to [a] camp?” asked Mohammed, 34, from Syria, when I told him that the train he was about to board this morning was not heading to Austria and Germany but to a processing center outside Budapest.