Hungary PM Orban criticizes EU sanctions threat

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday denounced threatened EU sanctions on the country and again accused Budapest-born U.S. financier George Soros of pulling the strings in Brussels.

Migrations: le groupe de Visegrad dénonce "le chantage" européen

Les chefs de gouvernement des pays du groupe de Visegrad (Pologne, Hongrie, République tchèque et Slovaquie) ont dénoncé mardi "le chantage" et "le diktat" européens à leur égard concernant la politique migratoire commune.

La Hongrie rétablit la détention systématique des migrants, contraire au droit européen

Le Parlement hongrois a adopté, mardi, une loi qui réintroduit la détention systématique de tous les migrants entrés dans le pays. L'ONU a dénoncé une loi qui "viole les obligations de la Hongrie vis-à-vis des lois internationales et européennes".

Hungary spending huge sums to equip 3,000 'border hunters'

A Hungarian lawmaker says the government will spend up to 100 billion forints ($340 million) to provide equipment and basic supplies for 3,000 "border hunters" being recruited to guard border fences built last year to stop the flow of migrants trying to enter the country.

Hongrie : le Parlement rejette la révision constitutionnelle d'Orban contre l'accueil des migrants

Le Premier ministre hongrois Viktor Orban a échoué mardi à faire inscrire sa politique hostile aux migrants dans la Constitution, dont la révision en ce sens a été rejetée par le Parlement.

Orban presents constitutional reform against resettlement of foreigners

The Hungarian Prime Minister presented to parliament on Monday a constitutional amendment against the resettlement of foreigners onto Hungarian territory.

Hungarian PM urged to resign after migrant referendum

Hungary's nationalist Jobbik party has called for Prime Minister Viktor Orban to resign because a referendum on rejecting European Union migrant quotas was rendered invalid by its low turnout.

Hungary overwhelmingly rejects EU migrant plan; vote possibly invalid

Hungarians overwhelmingly rejected a referendum Sunday that would demand mandatory European Union quotas for relocating migrants, but the results likely will be invalid because of low voter turnout.

Voter abstention threatens to derail Hungary referendum on EU migrant quotas

The Hungarian prime minister on Saturday was trying to mobilize the electorate ahead of a referendum on refugee resettlement quotas for European Union countries.

Libya unity govt slams Hungary call for ‘refugee city’

The Libyan unity government has decried a proposal by Hungry to establish a “city for refugees” in the North African country.

Budapest présente un plan d'action pour "défendre l'Europe"

Le gouvernement hongrois, hostile à l'accueil de réfugiés, a annoncé samedi qu'il allait présenter aux dirigeants des pays de l'Union européenne un plan d'action pour défendre l'Europe contre la vague migratoire, intitulé "Schengen 2.0".

Hungary announces closure of Balkan route against refugees

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced that the Balkan route, used by refugees to reach Europe, has been closed following the summit held on Monday in Brussels between Turkey and the European Union, while he insisted on rejecting the resettlement of asylum seekers among EU countries.

Ungarn und Polen wollen Zaun an Griechenlands Nordgrenze

Ungarn und Polen möchten den Flüchtlingszustrom über die sogenannte Balkan-Route durch Zäune und Wälle an der Nordgrenze Griechenlands stoppen.

Hungarian PM says migration crisis in Europe rooted in EU short-sighted policy

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned about the dangers of the current migrant crisis for entire Europe. Migrants are not merely knocking on our doors, they are breaking through them, he said before parliament on Monday.

German police mobilise 'hundreds' for border controls

Hundreds of German police officers have been mobilised to carry out border checks, a spokesman for the federal force told AFP on Sunday, after Berlin reinstated passport controls with its neighbouring countries.

Hungary will arrest ‘rebellious’ migrants. European forces to the border of Greece to enforce European law instead of the Greek authorities (Viktor Orban)

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned on Friday that his police would take tougher action from next week against a wave of migrants who he said had rebelled against authorities, seized railway stations and refused to be registered.

Migrants breach Hungary police lines as army prepares for action

Hundreds of migrants broke through police lines in Hungary near the Serbian border Wednesday for a third day running, as the army began mobilising for a possible role in guarding the frontier.

Hungarian govt offers to transport migrants to Austrian border

Hungary's government will offer to transport thousands of migrants by bus to the Austrian border in the next few hours, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff Janos Lazar has said.

Refugees 'threaten Europe's Christian identity' (Viktor Orban)

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned on Sept.3 that the wave of refugees and migrants coming to Europe and the EU's "failed immigration policy" threaten to undermine the continent's Christian roots.

Hungarian PM's call for halt to immigration makes opposition furious

Many of Hungary's opposition parties have issued angry statements on Monday in the wake of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's demand that economic immigration be halted.

The prime minister, speaking to Hungary's television channel M1's news magazine on Sunday from Paris where he attended the solidarity rally, called on Brussels to initiate a strict policy limiting immigration to the European Union.