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FM: Romania's accession to Schengen area is in Hungary's interest
The foreign minister said the government hoped it could happen before the end of the Hungarian EU presidency.
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Justice Ministry: Government reached its goals at EC council meeting
János Bóka, the state secretary of the ministry of justice responsible for EU affairs, said Hungary will enter next year without losing its EU funding.
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Hungary to reopen Schengen borders from June 24
The foreign minister said Hungary will reopen its Schengen borders from June 24, unless the coronavirus pandemic takes a turn for the worse.
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Hungarian government will decide today on whether to extend controls along country’s Schengen borders
Róbert Kiss noted that the government had decided to temporarily re-introduce controls along the entire Schengen borders, involving 127 crossing points, including five for international transit.
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Coronavirus Update: Controls at at all Schengen internal borders have now been abolished
Róbert Kiss, Lieutenant Colonel of the Hungarian Police Force, announced today that controls at all Schengen internal borders have now been abolished.
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Operational Group: All Schengen borders are open
Border control at all Schengen internal borders has been abolished. Meanwhile, the decision on the resumption of normal healthcare will be made later today.
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Interior Minister: Protecting Schengen borders is crucial to stopping illegal migration to Europe
Sándor Pintér said that although Hungary is capable of protecting its own Schengen border for the time being, it is happy to accept help from its Visegrad partners.
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PM Orbán on Matteo Salvini: His success in stopping illegal immigration is in our interest
“Departing for Hungary to build a new Europe,” Matteo Salvini, minister of interior and deputy prime minister of Italy, tweeted this morning.
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Take the issue of migration away from the European Commission, says Prime Minister Orbán
The prime minister has called for setting up a new European council of ministers of interior to take responsibility for migration and Schengen Area issues, a strong body that would handle these matters as experts, rather than politicians.
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Hungary fulfils its Schengen commitments, protecting not only its own, but also the EU’s external borders, says spokesman
The Hungarian government’s position has remained unchanged for three years: help should be provided at the point where it is needed rather than bringing trouble over to Europe, István Hollik said
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Spain and Greece don't maintain Schengen border controls, says security advisor
György Bakondi says other member states are compelled to maintain controls in the interest of their countries' security.
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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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German Chancellor says that by protecting the EU’s external border, Hungary is also protecting Germany
“By protecting the Hungarian-Serbian external EU border, Hungary is protecting Germany, too,” Chancellor Merkel said. "In order to preserve free movement within the community, a real European border police must be established"