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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
