"The boat is full," Zoltan Kovacs told Austrian media, referring to the recent influx of migrants.
"We all wish for a European solution, but we need to protect Hungarian interests and our population."
- So far this year some 60,000 migrants have entered Hungary, most of them via Serbia, according to government figures.
Hungary is in Europe's passport-free Schengen zone, which means that once migrants have arrived in the country, they can travel freely elsewhere in the other 25 nations in the bloc.
As a result, many try to continue on to other European states, including Austria and Germany.
- However, according to the so-called Dublin III regulation, these nations can return the asylum seekers to Hungary to process their application.
But Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl Leitner strongly condemned Hungary's decision.
"Anyone who wants to have a Europe without borders, needs to respect the Schengen rules. Of course this also means respecting the Dublin rule."
Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has a record of spats with Brussels, has been among the harshest critics of EU plans to manage the upsurge in migrant numbers by spreading the burden around the 28-nation bloc.
Last week, Orban sparked further controversy when he announced it was building a four-meter (13-foot) high fence on its border with Serbia to keep out migrants.
AFP
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23/6/15
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Hungary has suspended a key EU rule that says it must take back asylum seekers who first enter Hungary but travel on to other countries...
ReplyDeleteA government spokesman said the decision had been made because Hungary is overburdened by illegal immigration.
The announcement comes just days after Hungary announced a plan to erect a border fence against migrants.
Hungarian officials say that more than 60,000 people have entered the country illegally this year.
'Fast action'
"Hungary has used up the capacities at its disposal," said a Hungarian government spokesman on Tuesday.
"The situation requires fast action; in this escalated situation Hungary needs to take a move ahead of EU decisions."
The EU has called on the Hungarian government to immediately clarify its position......BBC
Σχέδιο για αυστηρούς ελέγχους στις πύλες εισόδου μεταναστών θα τεθεί στη Σύνοδο...
ReplyDeleteΟι ηγέτες της ΕΕ αποφάσισαν να δημιουργήσουν ένα νέο σύστημα, όπου θα τίθενται σε καραντίνα οι μετανάστες στην νότιο Ιταλία και την Ελλάδα. Το εν λόγω σχέδιο αποκάλυψε η Guardian και αναμένεται να συζητηθεί στη Σύνοδο Κορυφής της Πέμπτης και της Παρασκευής.
Αυτό θα επιτρέπει την ταχεία καταχώρηση των στοιχείων τους, τη λήψη δακτυλικών αποτυπωμάτων, την απέλαση, και, αν είναι απαραίτητο, την κράτησή τους έως και 18 μήνες αν κριθούν παράνομοι. Δίδει στην ευρωπαϊκή αστυνομία και τους οργανισμούς ελέγχου των συνόρων τη δυνατότητα να χρησιμοποιούν ακόμη και τη μέθοδο του εξαναγκασμού σε μια προσπάθεια να αυξηθεί ο αριθμός των ατόμων που απελαύνονται.
Ειδικότερα, το προσχέδιο αναφέρει ότι οι αρχηγοί κρατών και κυβερνήσεων αποφάσισαν να δημιουργήσουν συνοριακές ζώνες και εγκαταστάσεις στα κράτη της πρώτης γραμμής (Ιταλία, Ελλάδα, Μάλτα), με την υποστήριξη των εμπειρογνωμόνων των κρατών μελών για να διασφαλισθεί η ταχεία αναγνώριση, καταγραφή και λήψη δακτυλικών αποτυπωμάτων των μεταναστών. Σύμφωνα με τις προτάσεις της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής, θα χορηγηθούν νέες εξουσίες στην υπηρεσία συνόρων της ΕΕ, Frontex, για την διεξαγωγή αναγκαστικών απελάσεων. Αυτή τη στιγμή τέτοια μέτρα λαμβάνονται μόνο από τις εθνικές αρχές..........http://www.euractiv.gr/thematikes-katigories/schedio-gia-afstirous-elegchous-stis-piles-isodou-metanaston-tethi-sti-sinodo/
24/6/15
Austria on Wednesday blasted a decision by neighbouring Hungary to suspend application of a key EU asylum rule as "unacceptable" and warned of "negative" consequences...
ReplyDelete"Austria cannot tolerate that," Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz told his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in a telephone call, a day after Budapest announced it was opting out of a rule requiring a migrant's claim be processed in the EU country they first arrive in.
Hungary cited the influx of migrants for its decision, with a government spokesman declaring "the boat is full".......AFP............ahram.org.eg
24/6/15