223 result(s) for asylum law
Govt: New Hungarian Border Rules To Strengthen Public Order, Security
- 6 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s new border regulations introduced on Tuesday will strengthen public order and security in the country, and are in line with the government’s goal to stem the uncontrolled inflow of illegal migrants, the prime minister’s chief domestic security advisor said.
Socialist MEP Turns To Top Court Over Migrant Quota Referendum
- 5 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist MEP Tibor Szanyi has filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court over the Hungarian supreme court’s decision to greenlight the government-initiated referendum on the European Union’s mandatory migrant quota plan. Szanyi said the referendum “severely violates” the EU’s sovereignty, as the bloc’s 2007 Lisbon Treaty declares asylum policy a common policy.
Helsinki Committee Wins Lawsuit Against Fidesz
- 30 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The governing party tarnished the good reputation of the Helsinki Committee when it accused the NGO of falsifying data. Fidesz said in May last year that the “bogus civil society Helsinki Committee meets political orders placed by international speculative financial capital interests and arrogantly attempts to falsify plain figures.
European Countries, Agencies Discuss Migration Crisis In Budapest
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The key to combating illegal migration is cooperation and information sharing, Hungary’s police chief Károly Papp said at a meeting of thirteen European countries, EU law enforcement agency Europol and border agency Frontex in Budapest. Illegal migration is not just a border protection challenge but also a criminal and public order issue, Papp said in his opening address at the meeting that ...
Detained Migrants Demand Better Conditions, Faster Procedures
- 2 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants at a detention centre in Kiskunhalas, in south-eastern Hungary, demanded better conditions and faster procedures in a petition, local police reported. Out of the facility’s 500 inmates some 300 supported the petition, and complained about their confinement and slow bureaucracy, the police said on its website.
Refugee Unrest In Kiskunhalas
- 2 Jun 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Negotiations appear to be leading to success and violence is not anticipated at the Kiskunhalas Refugee Guarded Admission Centre where 300 refugees threatened to break out, demanding better conditions and faster processing, György Bakondi, senior adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on domestic security told TV channel M2.
US Report: Hungary Handling Of Migrants Grave Problem
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US Department of State defined the way migrants and asylum seekers are handled among the gravest human rights problems in Hungary in 2015 in its country report. The report pointed to xenophobic rhetoric and a lack of humanitarian aid, and noted Hungarian legislation passed last year that made illegal crossing a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment and expulsion.
EU Court Rules Hungary Not At Fault For Returning Migrant To Serbia
- 18 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Asylum-seekers may be returned to a non-EU country considered as a “safe country” without consent from another member state, the European Court of Justice said it ruled. Under the ruling, Hungary was not at fault for returning a Pakistani national to Serbia in August last year, after rejecting his asylum request.
Hungary’s National State Of Emergency “Unlawful And Pointless” Says Helsinki Committee
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is unlawfully and pointlessly preparing to announce a national state of emergency throughout the entire country. According to today’s government statement a migration state of emergency has been announced for the entire country.
Govt: New Hungarian Border Rules To Strengthen Public Order, Security
- 6 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s new border regulations introduced on Tuesday will strengthen public order and security in the country, and are in line with the government’s goal to stem the uncontrolled inflow of illegal migrants, the prime minister’s chief domestic security advisor said.
Socialist MEP Turns To Top Court Over Migrant Quota Referendum
- 5 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist MEP Tibor Szanyi has filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court over the Hungarian supreme court’s decision to greenlight the government-initiated referendum on the European Union’s mandatory migrant quota plan. Szanyi said the referendum “severely violates” the EU’s sovereignty, as the bloc’s 2007 Lisbon Treaty declares asylum policy a common policy.
Helsinki Committee Wins Lawsuit Against Fidesz
- 30 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The governing party tarnished the good reputation of the Helsinki Committee when it accused the NGO of falsifying data. Fidesz said in May last year that the “bogus civil society Helsinki Committee meets political orders placed by international speculative financial capital interests and arrogantly attempts to falsify plain figures.
European Countries, Agencies Discuss Migration Crisis In Budapest
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The key to combating illegal migration is cooperation and information sharing, Hungary’s police chief Károly Papp said at a meeting of thirteen European countries, EU law enforcement agency Europol and border agency Frontex in Budapest. Illegal migration is not just a border protection challenge but also a criminal and public order issue, Papp said in his opening address at the meeting that ...
Detained Migrants Demand Better Conditions, Faster Procedures
- 2 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants at a detention centre in Kiskunhalas, in south-eastern Hungary, demanded better conditions and faster procedures in a petition, local police reported. Out of the facility’s 500 inmates some 300 supported the petition, and complained about their confinement and slow bureaucracy, the police said on its website.
Refugee Unrest In Kiskunhalas
- 2 Jun 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Negotiations appear to be leading to success and violence is not anticipated at the Kiskunhalas Refugee Guarded Admission Centre where 300 refugees threatened to break out, demanding better conditions and faster processing, György Bakondi, senior adviser to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on domestic security told TV channel M2.
US Report: Hungary Handling Of Migrants Grave Problem
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US Department of State defined the way migrants and asylum seekers are handled among the gravest human rights problems in Hungary in 2015 in its country report. The report pointed to xenophobic rhetoric and a lack of humanitarian aid, and noted Hungarian legislation passed last year that made illegal crossing a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment and expulsion.
EU Court Rules Hungary Not At Fault For Returning Migrant To Serbia
- 18 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Asylum-seekers may be returned to a non-EU country considered as a “safe country” without consent from another member state, the European Court of Justice said it ruled. Under the ruling, Hungary was not at fault for returning a Pakistani national to Serbia in August last year, after rejecting his asylum request.
Hungary’s National State Of Emergency “Unlawful And Pointless” Says Helsinki Committee
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is unlawfully and pointlessly preparing to announce a national state of emergency throughout the entire country. According to today’s government statement a migration state of emergency has been announced for the entire country.