Budapest, August 12 (MTI) – The Hungarian Red Cross has launched an aid programme to help migrants arriving in Hungary, the organisation said in a statement on Wednesday. Hungary’s largest humanitarian organisation said it would support 72,000 people over three…
Budapest, August 12 (MTI) – Around 7,000 migrant minors without accompanying adults have been registered in Hungary this year, and even if they fail to meet the criteria for asylum they will not be expelled, daily Magyar Hirlap said on…
Budapest, August 11 (MTI) – A new section of the border fence will be ready on the Hungarian-Serbian border by the end of the week. The section of the razor wire fence in Csongrad County, between Asotthalom and Tiszasziget, will…
Budapest, August 11 (MTI) – Between 400 and 500 people gathered in Nagykanizsa, in south-western Hungary, on Monday to demonstrate against government plans to build two temporary refugee reception centres. Protesters holding banners and flags of radical nationalist party Jobbik…
Budapest, August 10 (MTI) – A Szeged court found a Serbian man guilty of human smuggling and sentenced him to three years in prison, a spokesman for the Csongrad County prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Ferenc Szanka said the defendant…
Budapest (MTI) – The first designated area in Budapest available to migrants opened in the underpass near Keleti railway station on Saturday, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer said. Gyorgy Peto said the council ensures the availability of basic…
György Pető, Head of the Municipal Police Board introduced the new transit station in a press conference at Budapest-Keleti Railway Terminal (Keleti pályaudvar), index.hu was informed. Three transit stations will be set up: one at Budapest-Keleti Railway Terminal, another at…
Budapest (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party group is submitting a proposal to parliament to make damaging the fence on the Hungarian-Serbian border a criminal offence, group leader Antal Rogan said on Friday. The proposal will be submitted in September…
Budapest (MTI) – A group of 18 illegal migrants have cut through the metal barrier which is being erected on the border with Serbia near Asotthalom, public news channel M1 reported on Friday. The illegal immigrants attempted to cross to…
Berlin, August 6 (MTI) – Hungary’s foreign minister in an interview to the German daily Passauer Neue Presse published on Thursday said there was no need for a quota on genuine refugees, whom Hungary is willing to receive. Hungary has…
Kovacs said that the construction, aimed to prevent illegal immigration, was on schedule to be completed by the end of August. Total cost of the project is estimated at 9.5-10 billion forints, he added. Since the beginning of the year,…
Budapest (MTI) – The city of Budapest will set up designated transit areas in Budapest where migrants passing through the city can take advantage of basic hygiene and medical services, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer said on Wednesday.…
According to magyarszo.com, local residents set on tents in the site of the planned reception center, in the former military shooting range at the border of Martonfa, Baranya County on Sunday. According to the government decree published on Official Gazette…
Budapest, August 4 (MTI) – Twelve Syrian illegal immigrants, seven children and five adults, have been hospitalised with diarrhea in Szeged, a local police spokesman said on Tuesday. They received preliminary medical care at a health screening centre at a…
Budapest, August 4 (MTI) – Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party wants a multipronged solution to the problem of illegal migration rather building reception centres, a party spokesman said on Tuesday. Temporary reception centres are needed but these must be closed once…
Budapest, August 3 (MTI) – Construction of a new section of the temporary barrier on Hungary’s border with Serbia began on Monday morning. The new section is near the border crossing of Asotthalom in Hungary and Kiralyhalom (Backi Vinogradi) in…
Budapest (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party backs protests against plans to build a temporary reception centre for migrants near Sormas, southwest Hungary, Krisztian Berta, the deputy leader of the party’s regional chapter said on Saturday. Under a decree…
Budapest (MTI) – Over 19,000 immigrants could be sent back to Hungary from Germany, Austria, France, Sweden, and the Czech Republic under the Dublin Agreements, Sandor Pinter, the interior minister, said on Friday. Pinter provided a written answer to an…
Budapest, July 31 (MTI) – Daily Napi Gazdasag, quoting unnamed sources, said on Friday that a foreign intelligence agency has handed to the Hungarian authorities details, photographs and copies of the passports of ten terrorist suspects in case they appear…
Budapest, July 31 (MTI) – The Budapest city council is preparing an action plan for handling the thousands of migrants who are arriving in the city every day, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Friday. Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos told the…