Watch: Heartwarming Moment - Mother & Kids Reunite at Hungary-Ukraine Border
- 3 Mar 2022 3:37 PM
33-year-old Anna Semyuk from Ukraine was reunited with her two children at Beregsurány on the Hungary-Ukraine border.
33-year-old Anna Semyuk from Ukraine was reunited with her two children at Beregsurány on the Hungary-Ukraine border.
On 3 April Hungary will hold elections. After 12 years in power, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is asking for eight more, but his right-wing Fidesz government is facing a strong challenge from an alliance of six opposition parties.
Members of the public via a Facebook group created to help people fleeing Ukraine on February 24 have already accommodated an estimated 10,000-15,000 refugees, news service 24 reports.
Julia, a Ukrainian refugee, tells of her flight from the war with her three babies.
Hungary supports an initiative by eight European Union member states aimed at Ukraine’s EU integration, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Facebook on Tuesday.
A total of 4,002 refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, 308 of them children, arrived in Budapest by train on Monday, Budapest police (BRFK) has said. The authorities have organised accommodation for 291 people including 66 children, BRFK said on police.hu on Tuesday.
Hungary will allow entry and accept the asylum requests of refugees of the Ukraine-Russia war “after due controls”, Interior Minister Sándor Pintér said after a meeting of European Union interior ministers in Brussels.
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