‘Fences protect Europe’, Hungary’s Orban says ahead of EU migration summit

BUDAPEST/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday called for European Union financing for border fences, reviving an idea long seen as inadmissible ahead of a summit of the bloc’s leaders to discuss curbing irregular immigration. The gathering … Read More

About 10,000 Refugees From Ukraine Arrive in Hungary Every Day

About 9,000 -10,000 refugees from Ukraine are reaching Hungary every day, according to the figures provided by the Chief Security Advisor György Bakondi. The number of refugees from Ukraine has surpassed 601,000 since the start of the war, according to … Read More

Germany urges EU to end individual state’s veto rights

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Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Mass (file image) The right for individual EU member states to veto decisions must be scrapped, Germany’s foreign minister has declared. Heiko Maas said that the 27-member bloc cannot be hamstrung by single hold-outs. “We can … Read More

Red and Blue America Agree That Now Is the Time to Violate the Constitution

posted in: News, United States

KINKARKINPHOTO / SHUTTERSTOCK / PAUL SPELLA / THE ATLANTIC Countries are taking extraordinary measures to slow the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these measures limit individual freedom and may also violate rights guaranteed by national constitutions. Italy’s complete lockdown, enforced by criminal penalties, probably violates … Read More

Hungary rejects EU court ruling on asylum-seekers held at border

posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will not accept a ruling by the European Union’s top court that four asylum-seekers stuck in a transit zone on the Hungarian-Serbian border should be released, a security aide to Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on … Read More

Orbán tells Pellegrini: ‘It’s forbidden to say so in Europe, but migration is an organized invasion’

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovak counterpart Peter Pellegrini inspected the Hungarian-Serbian border on Thursday, one of the main obstacles for migrants attempting to enter Europe via the Balkans immigration route to Europe, with Slovakia renewing its commitment … Read More

Gov’t: Some 100,000 Migrants Gathered along Hungary Southern Border

Around 100,000 migrants have gathered south of Hungary along the border posing a risk at the country’s border, a government official said on Monday. In January, 3,400 illegal entry attempts were made, Bence Tuzson, the state secretary for public services … Read More

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