Prime ministers of the Visegrad Four countries have agreed to contribute 35 million euros to finance a border control programme in Libya, according to a joint declaration released by the Hungarian prime minister’s office on Thursday. Continue reading “V4 countries to contribute to Libya border control”
Hungary would only begin extending the fence on its border with Serbia or build a new one along another section of its border if the flow of illegal migrants were to shift to the Romanian or the Ukrainian border sections, the prime minister’s internal security advisor said on Thursday. Continue reading “No need for new border fence”
Systematic border control of travellers entering or leaving Hungary via the Schengen borders is to be resumed after the government withdrew its decision to temporarily suspend it for the summer season.
Continue reading “Hungary resumes ‘systematic border control’”
Hungary and Bulgaria share views on unresolved issues faced by the European Union and also share response they would give to tackle them, Hungary’s foreign minister said in Sofia after meeting the Bulgarian prime minister and members of his cabinet on Friday. Continue reading “Szijjarto and Borissov pledged to protect Europe”
Ahmed H, the Syrian man convicted on terrorism charges in connection with a mass disturbances at the Roszke border crossing in the autumn of 2015, pleaded not guilty at the hearing on Monday. Continue reading “Retrial in Roszke terror case begins”
The old differences among European Union member states have become irrelevant; the main source of division now is whether member states wish to be “immigrant countries” or “non-immigrant countries”, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview published in Germany’s Passauer Neue Presse on Thursday. Continue reading “Orban: We decided not to have a mixed population”
In order to eliminate people smuggling, illegal migration must be stopped outside the EU’s borders, Hungarian MEP Kinga Gal said at the European Parliament’s debate on “The fight against illegal immigration and people smuggling in the Mediterranean” on Wednesday. Continue reading “Hungarian MEP: Protect borders, stop people smuggling”
Hungary faced enormous challenges after the massive arrivals of migrants and refugees during 2015 and 2016 but several measures taken to respond to the situation raise serious concerns about the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms of migrants and refugees, a report by the Council of Europe (CoE) Secretary-General’s Special Representative on migration and refugees Tomas Bocek published on Thursday said. Continue reading “CoE report criticises Hungarian migration policy”
Hungarians want Europe’s external borders sealed and its internal borders to remain open, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, opening the 6th annual forum of the EU strategy for the Danube region held in Budapest on Wednesday. Continue reading “Orban and Kurz agree on border protection”
The EU policy related to illegal immigrants jeopardises the very existence of the Schengen Area, Gyorgy Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister said on the public service television news channel M1 on Tuesday morning. Continue reading “Bakondi: EU migration policy jeopardises Schengen”
