Hungary

In an extraordinary speech to the European Parliament, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán watching on, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched a blow-by-blow attack on his government.

Matt Frei spoke to Zoltan Kovacs, the spokesman for the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban.

Hungary has, for years, been criticised in the west for its approach to immigration. Its Prime Minister Viktor Orban said central Europe is the continent’s last “migrant-free zone” and that Europe needs to be “safe, civic, Christian and free”. The Hungarian Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, Zoltan Kovacs. is asked why he doesn’t like…

Two disabled migrants are being prosecuted in Hungary after being accused of breaching the country’s border fence with Serbia and taking part in a “mass riot”.

The latest dramatic scenes from Eastern Europe show chaos at yet another country’s border. This time, the focus of those trying to reach Western Europe is Croatia.

Hungarian riot police use tear gas and water cannon against refugees trying to cross the border from Serbia on the second day of a crackdown on migrants.

Hungarian authorities are arresting refugees crossing the Serbian-Hungarian border as tough new border control laws are introduced.

Germany introduces temporary controls along its Austrian border in an attempt to reduce the number of asylum seekers arriving in the country.

Hungary’s leader Viktor Orban has today said “rebellious” migrants and refugees will face arrest from next week.

Thousands of refugees and migrants cross into Austria after the Hungarian authorities give up on trying to seal its borders.

Facing criticism for erecting a razor-wire fence and forcibly moving people to camps, prime minister Viktor Orban says he is defending Europe’s “Christian identity”.

Refugees, among them those in wheelchairs and on crutches, have lost patience waiting for trains in Hungary have begun a hundred mile march to Austria.

Scuffles break out at a small Hungarian train station as refugees lay on the train tracks in fear of being taken to camps.

Migrants stage protests in Budapest as authorities refuse to let them board trains towards Germany.

Austrian Railways stop a train carrying hundreds of migrants on the Hungarian-Austrian border because of overcrowding.