Tag Archives: Immigrant

The Hungarian camerawoman who was filmed kicking refugees at the Serbian border in 2015 has been sentenced to three years probation for public misconduct by a Szeged court, reports index.hu. Petra László, who was working at the border for radical right-wing internet news channel N1TV, has appealed the ruling. László …

An estimated 7,000 refugees are suffering due to icy temperatures in Serbia and Hungary, sheltering in abandoned warehouses or camping out in makeshift tents. Doctors Without Borders has described the situation as “worrying.”

 Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said democracy had emerged strengthened from an “unprecedented election campaign”. He said a new era has begun in global politics as well as in the economy which poses historic challenges to the whole world. Tackling these challenges requires “a new and courageous approach and new …

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reportedly discussed ending the program, whereby foreigners can acquire the right to reside within Hungary and move freely about the EU, with Fidesz party elites as early as September. Recently, Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona conditioned his party’s support of a Fidesz proposal to amend the constitution …

A minority of Hungarians feel they can exercise influence over the government’s work, reports Magyar Nemzet, citing a poll conducted by Pew Research. Only 31 percent of Hungarians  feel if they have any effect on the government. The poll also found that a higher proportion of Polish citizens believe the government is interested …

Hungarians have voted to reject the EU’s migrant quotas in a referendum, however, the turnout was below the 50% threshold to be valid, according to an opinion poll from Nezopont think-tank.  

Hungarians are the most fearful of refugees among European nations, according to a survey conducted by the prestigious Pew Research Center. When asked whether they think refugees increase the likelihood of terrorism in their country, 76 percent of Hungarians said ‘yes.’ In comparison, 40 percent of Spaniards had the same opinion even though – …

Szijjártó, Hungarian Foreign Minister To George Soros:  “No, thank you”; Central Europe will not accept a proposal under which “funds targeted at us” should be cut “to finance illegal migrants”. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has called for putting an end to the European Union’s “aggressive” migration policy, which he said was “against the will of Europeans”. “Brussels must be …

It is a reluctant friendship to say the least and it certainly had its ups and downs. But it looks as if more than 70 years after Hitler decided to invade Hungary in 1944, Germans will be marching through the borders in large numbers again. Of course, this time we …

Hungarytoday.hu : “There is noticeably continuous and increasing migrating pressure along the Hungarian-Serbian border”, the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Chief Advisor on Homeland Security György Bakondi told reporters on Monday. Illegal attempts to cross the border, which cause damage to the border security fence, are typical, he said. According to the table shown …

Police in Körmend have fined a young Afghan man HUF 50,000 (EUR 150) for jaywalking. According to the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the man was crossing the street around 8:30 pm on his way to Tesco when a police officer fined him for  “a lesser infraction committed while commuting on a …