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Police take action against over 250,000 illegal migrants this year
The figures have almost doubled since last year, from 109,117 cases registered between Jan. 1 and Nov. 20 last year.
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Survey: Hungarians see human trafficking bigger problem than Covid
A survey by the UN's IOM found that 20% of Hungarians have knowledge of a case of human trafficking in their immediate surroundings.
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25 years of jail for people traffickers in the case of 71 dead migrants found suffocated in a refrigerator lorry
The suspects are 11 men of Afghan, Bulgarian and Lebanese nationality. While the Hungarian court gave 25 year sentences to four of the suspects, the other seven received varying verdicts.
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Interpol arrest 40 human traffickers in Africa who help send migrants to Europe
Sources say it's a step in the right direction to tackle the migrant crisis at its source and prevent human traffickers from fueling migrant flows
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"Pakistani butcher" who killed 70 people arrested in Hungary
A hitman, nicknamed the "Pakistani butcher", wanted by police for assassinating 70 people was arrested in Hungary on Tuesday
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The EU is surrounded by states that fail to counter human trafficking
“Human trafficking is one of the most tragic human rights issues of our time,” according to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in the State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Among other findings, the report clearly reveals that Europe is under serious threat. It is high time, the text shows, for European authorities and legislators to start taking border protection seriously.
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Hungarian trial begins over murder of 71 refugees found suffocated to death in lorry
One Afghan and three Bulgarian nationals appeared in court on Wednesday and are facing life. Eleven men in total are reported to be facing charges, one is on the run
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“Eurodame” to the rescue!
“This is the kind of doublespeak Hungary is seeking to combat,” I said in response to a reporter’s recent inquiry about a video produced with the support of the European Commission. “[W]hile everyone should be complying with EU regulations, propaganda materials supporting migration are being made from EU money.”
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NGOs are helping people smugglers ship migrants to Europe
“People smugglers are getting migrants into Europe via the Mediterranean with the help of non-governmental organizations," György Bakondi said
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Hungarian prosecutors call for life sentences for people smugglers responsible for 71 migrant deaths in refrigerated lorry
The public prosecutor of Bács-Kiskun county said that altogether 1,200 people were transported illegally to western Europe between February 2015 and August of the same year on 31 occasions in sealed and crowded lorry compartments
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The troubling alliance between NGOs and human traffickers off Europe’s southern border
An increasing number of reports indicate that non-governmental organizations are collaborating with human traffickers to illegally transport migrants into Europe, undocumented and unchecked.
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Italy has evidence that NGOs are helping people-smugglers ship migrants to Europe
An Italian prosecutor says he has evidence that some of the charities saving migrants in the Mediterranean Sea are colluding with people-smugglers
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Migrant crisis is worsening along people-smuggling route in Balkans
Traffic along the Balkan people-smuggling route has increased, according to Hungary's chief security advisor