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A Hungarian police officer stands guard at Serbia’s border with Hungary near a makeshift camp in Horgos in February. Photograph: Darko Vojinovic/AP

EU Court Dismisses Slovakia, Hungary Case Over Refugee Policy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2017 | World

The EU on Wednesday won a high-level legal battle against eastern European countries that have refused to admit thousands of asylum seekers based on mandatory quotas for the bloc’s member states. The European Court of Justice, the 28-nation bloc’s top...

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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi shaking hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (AFP)

Egyptian President Calls for Confronting Terrorism-Sponsoring States

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jul 4, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stated that Egypt is exerting all efforts to provide for refugees in the country, stressing the need to put an end to conflicts that are displacing millions in the region, especially in Libya and Syria. Sisi, who arrived...

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Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban. (Reuters)

Hungary PM to Face EU Parliament to Answer to Recent Legal Changes

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 26, 2017 | World

The prime minister of Hungary will appear before the European Union parliament to discuss the situation in his country after the adoption of some laws that have sparked its concern. Parliament’s plenary session in Brussels will be preceded Wednesday by the...

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Migrants rest as a policeman watches them near Hungary’s border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh/File Photo

UN Urges Europe to Stop Sending Migrants to Hungary

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 11, 2017 | World

Geneva- The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR issued a statement on Monday calling on European Union states not to send Middle Eastern and African asylum seekers back to Hungary for assessment until that country amends its new law on detaining migrants at the...

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Migrants wait to enter Hungary after the Hungarian police sealed the border with Serbia near the village of Horgos, Serbia. (Reuters)

Hungary’s Parliament Approves Measure to Detain all Asylum-Seekers

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 8, 2017 | World

Budapest – The Hungarian parliament on Tuesday adopted a legislation to detain all asylum-seekers in container camps, with Prime Minister Viktor Orban saying the systematic detention will make all of Europe safer from terror attacks. Calling immigration the...