Amnesty Slams Hungarian Asylum Law, Ukraine Issues 'White List' of Supporters

Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government introduced the new law and started building the fence in response to a rapid influx of migrants since 2013, which has led to a rise in xenophobia in Hungary, with 46 percent of respondents in a national poll opposed to allowing any asylum seekers to ente...

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Published in:Transitions online 2015-07
Main Authors: Kenety, Brian, Caloianu, Ioana, Deulin, Evgeny, Thomas Chan Tsz Chun
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Almodovar, Pedro (1952- )
Amnesties
Clooney, George
Demonstrations & protests
Depardieu, Gerard
Economic reform
Education
International law
Jovovich, Milla
Kusturica, Emir
Labor law
Language
Leto, Jared
Makarevich, Andrei
Minority & ethnic groups
Nonprofit organizations
Orban, Viktor
Prime ministers
Putin, Vladimir
Roth, Tim
Sanctions
Schools
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Seagal, Steven
Stone, Oliver
Timchenko, Gennady
Tusk, Donald
Wenders, Wim
Yanukovich, Viktor
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Summary:Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government introduced the new law and started building the fence in response to a rapid influx of migrants since 2013, which has led to a rise in xenophobia in Hungary, with 46 percent of respondents in a national poll opposed to allowing any asylum seekers to enter the country. "Today's action underscores our resolve to maintain pressure on Russia for violating international law and fueling the conflict in eastern Ukraine," John E. Smith, acting director of the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, said in a 30 July press release. According to the 2011 census, Poles make up 6.6 percent of the population, Russians 5.8 percent , Belarusians 1.2 percent and Ukrainians 0.5 percent.
ISSN:1214-1615