Budapest, June 24 (MTI) – Hungary will temporarily not receive “applicants for international protection” for an indefinite period starting on June 23, Justice Minister Laszlo Trocsanyi told the European Commission in a letter released to MTI on Wednesday. In his…
Budapest, June 24 (MTI) – Hungary fully complies with all European Union laws but the government wants consultations with EU officials regarding the issue of illegal migration, the foreign minister told a news conference on Wednesday. Peter Szijjarto said: “There…
Budapest, June 24 (MTI) – The interior ministry on Wednesday qualified its announcement that the immigration office has suspended for an indefinite period the European agreement on asylum, saying that the move referred to cases already being processed. In a…
Budapest (MTI) – “Hungary is full,” government spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs told public news channel M1 on Tuesday regarding the immigration authority’s decision to suspend for an indefinite period the European agreement on asylum, the so-called Dublin regulation on transfers. Kovacs…
Budapest, June 23 (MTI) – For technical reasons the immigration office has suspended for an indefinite period the European agreement on asylum, the so-called Dublin regulation on transfers, the interior ministry told MTI on Tuesday. A statement by the interior…
Jobbik demands the Hungarian government to take immediate action in the migration issue. The party maintains its position that the border fence cannot be efficient unless the independence of the border guard service is restored. Jobbik MP Dániel Z. Kárpát…
The African-Hungarian Union (AHU) is an international Non-Governmental Development Organization (NGDO). AHU has organized development projects for marginalized social groups in ten countries of Africa so far: Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, and…
Budapest, June 22 (MTI) – Hungarian and Serbian police chiefs met on Monday and agreed to take joint steps against illegal migration. Under the agreement, four mobile thermal cameras will be installed on the Serbian side of the joint border…
The Debrecen refugee camp needs an urgent capacity extension, as currently 1474 refugees and asylum seekers are staying there, however it is designed to provide only 830 immigrants with shelter, index.hu reported. Apart from a building complex appropriate to shelter…
Budapest, June 22 (MTI) – Hungarian border patrols will not be given any order to shoot at illegal immigrants along the fence to be erected on Hungary’s southern border, government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs told daily Magyar Hirlap on Monday, calling…
Budapest, June 20 (MTI) – The interior minister warned parliament’s national security committee already in May 2013 of the immense pressure Hungary could face and mooted the idea of strengthening the country’s borders by erecting a fence, the committee’s deputy…
Pozsony (Bratislava) (MTI) – Hungary is determined to defend its borders, which are also Europe’s borders, against illegal immigration, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after a meeting of his Visegrad Four counterparts in Pozsony on Friday. Illegal migration is a…
Budapest (MTI) – The number of asylum-seekers arriving in Hungary doubled in 2014 compared with the previous year, UNHCR, the United Nation’s refugee agency, said on Thursday in its Global Trends 2014 annual report on migration. The number of applications…
According to origo.hu, Aleksandar Vucic was surprised that Hungary would close the 175 km-long Serbian-Hungarian border with a 4m-high fence. He said Serbia won’t follow the Hungarian example, “won’t raise walls and live in Auschwitz”. He said on the Serbian…
The video below shows how the immigrants raided a truck of the Hungarian Waberer’s in Calais, France, origo.hu said. The immigrants managed to open the door of the truck’s loading area, many of them climb in, and then someone closes…
Budapest, June 18 (MTI) – The government is “not happy” about building a fence between Hungary and Serbia, but guaranteeing the country’s security means it must do so urgently, the government office chief told a regular press conference on Thursday.…
Budapest, June 18 (MTI) – The secret services were not involved in police action against those defacing billboards put up under the government’s “national consultation” campaign on immigration, interior ministry state secretary Laszlo Tasnadi told parliament’s national security committee on…
Budapest, June 18 (MTI) – Border control is a national responsibility but it must be carried out in line with international regulations such as ones concerning human rights, a spokesperson for the European Commission said on Thursday. Natasha Bertaud commented…
Budapest, June 18 (MTI) – Though the European Union is seeking a consensus on the problem of immigration, Hungary has “no time to waste”, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, told public news channel M1 on Thursday morning. Szijjarto argued that…
Budapest, June 17 (MTI) – Hungary’s government has ordered the interior minister to prepare the erection of a 4-metre fence along Hungary’s border with Serbia, the foreign minister said. The preparations should be completed by next Wednesday, Peter Szijjarto said…