Budapest (MTI) – The metropolitan council has made every effort to handle illegal migrants humanely but the situation, especially near Budapest’s Keleti railway station, is becoming unmanageable, Mayor Istvan Tarlos said on Friday. Tarlos welcomed and expressed support for the…
Budapest (MTI) – The transit zones opened for migrants near Budapest’s Keleti and Nyugati railway stations became full by Friday afternoon as more illegal migrants had gathered there than earlier, public news channel M1 said. Hundreds of migrants have gathered…
Budapest (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party wants local referendums to decide whether migrant reception facilities should be set up in Hungarian towns and villages. Deputy chair Elod Novak said at a party event marking the August 20 national…
Budapest, August 19 (MTI) – Moving the headquarters of the European Union to the east would be a “logical idea”, Hungarian ex-premier Peter Boross told national daily Magyar Hirlap on Wednesday. “The EU’s headquarters should no longer be located in…
Budapest (MTI) – The plan to set up border police units shows that Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his government have admitted the ineffectiveness of Hungary’s border fence being built at a cost of 22 billion forints (EUR 70m), the…
Budapest, August 18 (MTI) – Austria expelled and returned to Hungary seven times more illegal migrants in the first seven months of this year than in the corresponding period of last year, the national police headquarters said on Tuesday. The…
Budapest, August 17 (MTI) – Hungary is making arduous effort in protecting its Schengen borders, state secretary Karoly Kontrat said on Monday, in response to claims by the EU’s Frontex organisation that Hungary has stayed away from joint missions. Hungary…
Budapest, August 17 (MTI) – A regional court has ordered the pre-trial detention of a Serbian national suspected of attempting to smuggle 29 illegal migrants into Austria, Zsolt Kopasz, Csongrad county’s chief prosecutor said. Police said the man had agreed…
Budapest (MTI) – After a car chase, police discovered four Syrian nationals on a motorway at Kiskunfelegyhaza on Sunday. Police are searching for the driver of the vehicle, a local police spokesperson said. At the Roszke border station on the…
Budapest (MTI) – Hungarian immigration office (BAH) data indicates there are around 200 children staying at refugee reception centres, the daily Magyar Nemzet said. BAH said 158 of the children are of school age, while 47 of them should be…
Budapest (MTI) – The “hate campaign” by the ruling Fidesz party can be overcome by joining forces, Anett Bosz, an executive of the Hungarian Liberal Party, said on Saturday. “The Liberals are certain that by joining forces, we can tear…
Brussels (MTI) – The European Commission is considering extending further financial help for tackling mass migration to Hungary, Greece and Austria, Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, said on Friday. Next to Italy and Greece, Hungary is the most vulnerable to…
Budapest, August 14 (MTI) – A transit zone available to migrants opened at Budapest’s Nyugati railway station on Friday morning, the metropolitan council’s law enforcement department said. The first such facility was opened at the Keleti railway station on Saturday,…
Budapest, August 14 (MTI) – A Szeged court found three Serbian nationals guilty of human smuggling and sentenced them to three years in prison, a spokesman for the Csongrad County prosecutor’s office said on Friday. Ferenc Szanka said the defendants…
Budapest (MTI) – Migrant reception centres should only be built if locals approve the plans in a popular vote, Gabor Vona, leader of radical nationalist Jobbik party, said on Thursday, outlining a Jobbik-sponsored bill. If a town or village is…
Budapest, August 13 (MTI) – The government will finalise its decision to launch a campaign in transit countries to disrupt human smuggling attempts going through Hungary at next Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, government office chief Janos Lazar told a regular government…
Budapest, August 13 (MTI) – Six more Hungarian police officers are to join patrols on trains headed to western Europe, the national police force (ORFK) said on Thursday. Around 2,400 people who crossed the border illegally have been caught since…
Budapest, August 13 (MTI) – A number of infectious diseases have been detected among migrants entering Hungary, daily Napi Gazdasag said on Thursday. Related article HERE. Several migrants have been diagnosed with diseases such as syphilis, hepatitis B and C,…
Budapest, August 12 (MTI) – Government office chief Janos Lazar has said a double barrier is needed along the entire, 177km-long Hungary-Serbia border. Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Lazar said that temporary dual barriers currently at points along…
Budapest, August 12 (MTI) – The metropolitan council has opened a transit zone for migrants at Budapest’s Deli railway station, the council’s law enforcement department said on Wednesday. The transit zone available to migrants has been set up in a…