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The New York Times editors really still don’t get it
“Hungary is making Europe’s migrant crisis worse,” according to the New York Times editorial board in an op-ed published over the weekend. How?
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Hungary will keep its Southern border standing to protect EU from terrorism
Hungary will only give refugee status to those who have indeed fled countries where their lives were in danger. Hungary’s asylum regulations conform to the Geneva Conventions
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Europe is in the "eleventh hour" when it comes to acting on security
“Europe no longer has any time to lose; after the terrorist attack in Manchester, it should be clear to everyone that we are in the eleventh hour when it comes...
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Opposition figure Botka calls for demolishing border fence amid heightened terror threat
Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács said László Botka’s remarks had “let the cat out of the bag" and “clearly corresponds to George Soros’s scenario"
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Hungary's border fence is "not electrified"
Gyorgy Bakondi, chief security advisor to the Prime Minister, confirmed that the fence was not electrified and such a move had never even been considered
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Hungary defends itself against migrant pressure from Brussels
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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Outrageous: The New York Times compares migrants to the victims of the Holocaust
Right there on the front page of the print edition, no less.
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PM Orbán: We are getting closer to a sensible migration policy in Europe
The prime minister said Hungary has closed all legal loopholes concerning migration and prepared itself for the possible failure of the migration deal between the EU and Turkey
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Hungary's new migration policy has seen the number of attempted illegal entries fall dramatically
György Bakondi, the chief security advisor to the prime minister, said the double border fence and “legal border seal” have thwarted attempts to enter the country