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FM: Peace must come as soon as possible
The foreign minister noted that Hungary is implementing the largest humanitarian action in its history to help the refugees fleeing the conflict in neighboring Ukraine.
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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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Interior Minister: Cooperation key to pushing back illegal migration
Hungary’s southern border is being protected by Hungarian, Slovak, Czech, Austrian and Turkish policemen.
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FM: Europe must accept sanctions have failed
The foreign minister said the government will not let Hungarians be made to pay the price of war.
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State Secretary: Hungary has spent HUF 650 billion on protecting border
Bence Rétvári has revealed that the European Union has covered just 2% of the costs to protect Hungary's Southern border.
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FM: 215,000 illegal migrants stopped so far this year
Proceedings have been launched against 1,500 people smugglers this year alone.
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FM: War in Ukraine could lead to a rise in migration waves
The foreign minister said that even when international attention is being focused on the war in Ukraine, other security challenges must not be forgotten.
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PM Orbán following three-party migration talks: Migration has become “increasingly difficult” with our southern borders “under siege”
During a three-party summit on migration earlier today in Budapest, the leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Austria sat down to discuss current trends and future tasks to fend off the increasing migration pressure.
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Chief Security Advisor: Around 500 people enter Hungary illegally each day
So far this year, 120,000 illegal migrants and 900 people smugglers have been caught.
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FM: Migration pressure at southern border reaches “new level of danger”
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, insisted that migrants were “increasingly aggressive and violent”, adding that “they now have weapons and they use them”.
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Two Bosnians sentenced for attempting to smuggle migrants to Austria
The men, both aged 21, were transporting 17 Afghans, one Pakistani and one Iranian citizen in a van when they were stopped by police on the road between Székesfehérvár and Várpalota.
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Hungary sends police contingents to patrol borders in Serbia, North Macedonia and Slovenia
The national police (ORFK) has sent a 30-strong contingent to North Macedonia, a 20-member unit to Serbia and a group of three to Slovenia.
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Van carrying migrants overturns near Hungary-Austria border
According to the Győr-Moson-Sopron County police force, the driver and several migrants fled the scene after the accident.