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Operational Group: The government is doing its utmost to save jobs

Besides wage subsidies, the government has allocated HUF 80 billion to create 70,000 jobs; meanwhile, foreign investors need permission from the ITM minister to acquire ownership in strategic Hungarian companies.

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CORONAVIRUS: Here's the latest

A regularly updated feed of the latest information about coronavirus in Hungary.

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CORONAVIRUS: 3,771 infected. In compulsory home quarantine: 11,611. Recovered: 1,836. Deceased: 499.

If you have a question call + 36-80-277-455 and + 36-80-277-456 or email koronavirus@bm.gov.hu.

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Gergely Gulyás on the European Court of Justice’s new ruling on immigration: It’s dangerous for all of Europe

The transit zone will be abolished, and in the future, asylum seekers will be able to submit their applications in neighboring countries, said Minister Gergely Gulyás at today’s Government Info press conference.

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Asylum-seekers

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Hungary supports assisting those who are truly eligble for asylum

Jul 17, 2017

The pressure from illegal migration is still not receding, and in fact a significant increase is being observed along both the Mediterranean migrating route and from Morocco to Spain

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Italy could open the floodgates for African migrants to head over to Europe

Jul 12, 2017

Italy has threatened to close its ports to refugee rescue ships as it hits breaking point in the growing migrant crisis

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An Egg Without a Shell, a Country Without Borders

Jul 10, 2017 - Mária Schmidt

European history is a history of invasions

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PM Orbán: EU member states are in disagreement over how migrants should be distributed

Jun 23, 2017

The prime minister suggested adopting a declaration on the protection of shared EU borders and preventing people unwelcome by Europeans from entering the territory

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Hungary appeals EU ruling on compensation for Bangladeshi asylum seekers

Jun 15, 2017

Pál Völner, Justice Ministry state secretary, said that rulings like this could “tear down the Schengen system” and generate “business human rights protection”

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Hungarian Police: 'We do not hold asylum-seekers captive'

May 23, 2017

"We do not hold asylum-seekers captive. They are free to leave towards Serbia anytime," said Zsolt Gulyás, deputy police captain in Csongrád Country, in an article published in the Danish newspaper Politiken.

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European Parliament votes to initiate Article 7 proceedings against Hungary

May 17, 2017

Hungarian government insiders state that they are surprised by the move considering there is an ongoing discussion with the European Commission regarding CEU, and the law on NGOs has not even been put up to vote by the Parliament. Plus, Hungary's stance on immigration is a widely accepted path worldwide

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Hungary defends itself against migrant pressure from Brussels

May 04, 2017

Hungary does not wish to change its immigration regulations, and if the Brussels Commission launches legal proceedings the government is ready to fight the resulting legal battle

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PM Orbán: Hungary's second line of defense will guarantee the security of Hungarians for a long time

Apr 28, 2017

The 155-kilometer long fortified fence which is being inaugurated today is up to the job of “keeping out any kind of mass of people," PM Orbán said during an interview on Radio Kossuth today

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Hungary to appeal European Court of Human Rights decision to award two Bangladeshi migrants compensation

Apr 26, 2017

The court had awarded the asylum seekers approximately 3 million HUF (9.600 EUR) each in compensation and close to 3 million HUF in legal fees to the Helsinki Committee

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Outrageous: The New York Times compares migrants to the victims of the Holocaust

Apr 21, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Right there on the front page of the print edition, no less.

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Hungary complies with all EU regulations regarding the protection of external borders

Apr 07, 2017

Those crossing the border illegally will be granted decent conditions in transit zones in Tompa and Röszke, outside the south borders of Hungary

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Hungary will continue to enforce legal migration policy to protect Europe

Mar 20, 2017

Hungary will be appealing the recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights, after it deemed two asylum-seekers from Bangladesh were unlawfully detained in a transit zone on the southern border in 2015 and then expelled

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94 asylum-seekers launch hunger strike until they are set free

Mar 14, 2017

Hungary's asylum office said that most of those in the reception center in the southeastern city of Békéscsaba were being held because they broke European Union asylum rules

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Hungarian parliament approves measures to tighten existing asylum regulations

Mar 08, 2017

With 138 votes in favor, 6 against and 22 abstentions, parliament approved new measures to prohibit asylum-seekers from leaving the transit zones set up on the border until their cases are ruled upon

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Hungary responds to UNHCR claim that it 'tramples on European Union laws'

Mar 08, 2017

The Hungarian government has said that it gives priority to the interests and security of Hungarians, and no illegal migrants will be let into the country without a due assessment of their application for asylum

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Hungarian government "categorically rejects' claims of police brutality against migrants

Mar 07, 2017

The Hungarian government denies media reports which state refugees who made it to the Serbian-Hungarian border encountered incidents of violence by Hungarian authorities

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Hungarian government to place new bill before Parliament to reintroduce restrictions on the freedom of movement

Feb 08, 2017

János Lázár, the minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, said that Hungary’s Strategic Cabinet has come to a decision on the amendment of the four acts required to reintroduce restrictions on the freedom of movement of migrants and the bill will soon be put before Parliament

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PM Orbán: 'Those who came illegally must be shipped out' then apply for asylum

Sep 22, 2016

The PM reiterated that the external borders of the EU must be strengthened to prevent a repeat of the 2015 flow of migrants

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