Turkish, Hungarian Interior Ministers Sign Border Cooperation Agreement Interior Minister Sándor Pintér and his Turkish counterpart, Süleyman Soylu, on Friday signed a cooperation agreement on Turkish police forces... 2021.12.18.
240 Afghan Refugees Rescued and to be Quarantined at Transit Zone Another group of Afghan refugees who aided Hungarian forces in the war against the Taliban has been evacuated from Kabul... 2021.08.25.
Three Border Crossing Stations with Serbia and One with Romania Reopen The border crossing stations at Kübekháza-Rábé, Röszke-Horgos and Bácsszentgyörgy-Haraszti (Rastina) at the border with Serbia will reopen for regular traffic... 2021.06.23.
Strasbourg Court: Hungary Should Pay Iranian, Afghan Asylum-seekers Compensation The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the Hungarian state must pay compensation to five Iranian and... 2021.03.03.
Chief Medical Officer: Uncontrolled Migration ‘Extreme Danger’ to Hungary’s Public Health Uncontrolled migration poses "an extreme danger" to Hungary's "excellent" public health and epidemiological status, Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller said... 2020.08.06.
Migrants Attempt to Break Through Röszke Border Crossing A group of some 100 migrants attempted to break through the border at Röszke, in southern Hungary, local police said... 2020.08.06.
Court Hands Prison Sentence to Migrants Breaking Through Röszke Border Fence An appeals court in Szeged, in southern Hungary, has sentenced four illegal migrants to one year imprisonment for breaking through... 2020.07.07.
Restrictions Lifted on Hungary-Serbia Border Starting on Monday morning, citizens of Hungary and Serbia will be allowed to travel between the two countries without undergoing... 2020.05.25.
Gov’t Won’t Accept European Court Ruling on Transit Zone The government is refusing to accept the European Court's ruling that Hungary's transit zone is a place of detention, and... 2020.05.19.
Hungarian Press Roundup: European Court Rules against Govt’s Asylum Policies As the EU’s top court strikes down the transit zones which form the cornerstone of the government’s asylum policies, a... 2020.05.18.
Németh: Govt to Do its Utmost to Keep Transit Zones Hungary's government and the ruling Fidesz-KDNP alliance will do its utmost to maintain the fence and military-police surveillance along the... 2020.05.17.
Justice Minister: Govt’s Standpoint on Röszke Transit Zone Unchanged The European Court of Justice says Hungary detains migrants and does not uphold their rights, Justice Minister Judit Varga told... 2020.05.15.
CJEU: Placing Asylum Seekers in Hungary Transit Zone Constitutes ‘Detention’ The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday ruled that keeping asylum seekers in the transit zone... 2020.05.14.
CJEU advocate general: Hungary ‘Unlawfully Detaining’ Asylum Seekers in Transit Zone An advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said on Thursday that accommodating asylum seekers... 2020.04.24.
Coronavirus: Entrants to Hungary Checked at Major Border Crossings The Hungarian police and the National Ambulance Service (OMSZ) are checking travellers entering Hungary for coronavirus at six major border... 2020.02.04.
Orbán: ‘Soros Network’ behind Migration in the Balkans Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a radio interview accused the "Soros Network" of organising migration across the Balkans. In his... 2020.01.31.
Migrants Storming Röszke Border Fence Receive Prison Sentences A Szeged court on Thursday handed prison sentences to four migrants who were arrested after storming the Hungary-Serbia border fence... 2020.01.31.
Number of Soldiers Protecting Border to be Doubled after Attempted Break-through at Röszke The government has decided to double the number of soldiers protecting Hungary's southern border, the head of the prime minister's... 2020.01.30.
New Video Footage Shows Migrant Attempt to Breach Border at Röszke A new security camera footage shows how a group of migrants tried to illegally enter Hungary at Röszke on Tuesday dawn.... 2020.01.29.
Criminal Proceedings under way against 5 Migrants Detained near Röszke Criminal proceedings have been launched against five migrants detained after illegally crossing the Serbia-Hungary border early on Tuesday, a spokeswoman... 2020.01.29.
Interior Minister on Attempted Break-through at Röszke: Border Defence System Functioned Properly Following that around 60 migrants made an attempt to break through the southern border fence at Röszke, the working group on migration affairs... 2020.01.28.