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Varga slams EU migration policy
Judit Varga said an open-border strategy, the ideology-driven migration policy, causes chaos for our societies.
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Parliamentary committee approves state of emergency extension
The government’s decision to extend the state of emergency in view of the migration crisis in Hungary has been approved.
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Bakondi: 2021 has seen big rise in number of border violators caught by authorities
György Bakondi said that by mid-September this year 73,617 arrests were made as against 21,992 in the same period last year.
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Ahmed H. bound for Cyprus. Does this mark the end to this unfortunate saga?
Ahmed H., the convicted leader of a violent mob of immigrants that tried to storm the Hungarian-Serbian border in 2015, can now return to Cyprus. Hopefully, with this latest, the...
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Here we go again: yet another stealthy maneuver to resurrect a failed immigration policy
Brussels is at it again. They seem as determined as ever to bring back to life a migration policy that should have died long ago.
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PM Orbán: Europe’s security depends on Salvini’s “historic mission”
It is Matteo Salvini’s mission to prove that migration can be stopped not only on land but also at sea, said Prime Minister Orbán, adding that even though Hungary has already shown the world that immigrants can be stopped at the border, Brussels’ migration policy still focuses on “managing” the crisis instead of putting an end to the influx of intruders.
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Number of migrants stranded in Bosnia-Herzegovina has ballooned, says chief security advisor
György Bakondi stressed that with the Hungarian border closed, migrants aiming to reach the EU turned to the route through Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia
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Migration “poses a danger for central Europe," says minister
Antal Rogán said Hungary will not receive migrants and cannot be obliged to do so and argued that the country “had not agreed to do anything of the kind when it joined the European Union”
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Hungary's FM: Europe is at threat from Africa's migrant crisis
If the UN's goals are realized then the make-up of Europe’s population will change radically in the upcoming few years, the foreign minister said
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Hungary’s Chief Security Advisor: The make-up of migrants and the migration routes they are choosing have changed
György Bakondi also said the mass inflow of migrants into Spain, Italy and Greece is also gaining strength. Migration routes, with the exception of the Spanish-Moroccan route, have changed, he added
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A stronger, more rigorous Stop Soros bill is now in front of the Parliament: here’s a look at the details
On election day nearly two months ago, the voters of Hungary sent a clear message. They made it clear that they don’t want Hungary to become an immigrant country and that the country’s security comes first. To serve the will of the people and meet this obligation, the Orbán Government has put forth the Stop Soros legislative package. What’s in the new package? Let’s take a look at the details.
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Hungary's FM: Bulgaria's proposal on migration poses a “serious danger” to Europe
Bulgaria’s proposal essentially means that “if enough of you come, you’ll be distributed; so a lot of you should come,” Minister Szijjártó said. “This constitutes an invitation to migrants, which is against Europe’s security interests,” he added
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PM Orbán on EU budget: ‘As long as Hungarians do not say okay, there won’t be any budget’
“Keep calm,” said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his interview on Kossuth Rádió this morning, referring to discussions over the EU’s next multi-year budget. The debate will be long and drawn out, but ultimately it has to have unanimous support, and “as long as Hungarians do not say okay, there won’t be any budget.”