Tag Archives: Migrants

Yesterday, a group of refugees and migrants set off from Serbia and reached Hungary’s southern border at Tompa-Kelebija to go on to Western Europe. The peaceful crowd, following hours of stalemate, was transported away by Serbian authorities. The group, consisting mostly of Syrians and Afghans, was planning to head to the …

A new security camera footage shows how a group of migrants tried to illegally enter Hungary at Röszke on Tuesday dawn. As we have previously reported, dozens of people made an attempt to break through the southern border fence at Röszke, on the Serbian-Hungarian border, early on Tuesday. One of the armed guards on duty even …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Vast Majority Of Hungarians Will Say No To Mandatory Migrant Quotas, Fresh Poll Reveals Hungary’s quota referendum could be a success comparable to the 2008 “social referendum”, according to pollster Nézőpont Institute. The Budapest-based think tank representative public opinion poll completed on behalf of conservative weekly Heti Válasz shows that …