Anti-migrant town welcomes Ukrainian refugees in Hungary. ‘Fortress’ Hungary opens doors!!!

In a twist, ‘Fortress’ Hungary opens doors to refugees from Ukraine after years of keeping migrants out. Hungary does not agree with the EU proposal on the protection of Ukrainian refugees. After spending several days in a basement in fear of Russian bombs in southern Ukraine, 15-year-old Arsen and his mother Irina reached Moldova. But the teenager is already longing to return home. Arsen described the terror the family felt "holed up in the basement of a building" for three or four days before deciding to leave. #Moldova #Ukraine #Refugees #War "This nightmare must end," said Irina, tears in her eyes and trembling under the icy wind sweeping the Palanca border post in eastern Moldova. But more than the cold, it was the fear that tormented her. "The situation in Ukraine is deteriorating," the teacher told AFP, hugging her two small dogs wrapped in blankets. "That's why I had to make this difficult decision and leave." “Everything has been so easy here,” said Ire, as he and his friends lounged outside the station in the border town of Zahony, where trains from Ukraine arrive and passengers transfer onto trains and minibuses to head deeper into Hungary. “Everyone has been helpful and welcoming.” Hungary does not support the European Commission’s proposal to provide temporary protection to Ukrainian refugees (read more on this topic) here), announced the chief of staff of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban. #Orban #Hungary #Refugees #Russia #Ukraine Hungary, seen as right-wing, has clear rules on asylum, the chief of staff said, adding that all people arriving in Ukraine from Hungary will receive refugee status. Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country would join the EU in sanctioning Russia. Meanwhile, in Romania, Hungary’s decision to require Ukrainian refugees to meet the conditions for entering the border is described as “absurd” and “cynical”, with USR MEPs calling on the European Commission to intervene urgently to unblock the border with Hungary. “The decision of the Hungarian government to require Ukrainian refugees to meet the conditions for entering Schengen at the border is as absurd as it is cynical. Imagine for a second you were running away from Vladimir Putin’s bombs and missiles. And as if, on the doorstep of the house you are leaving, maybe you will stop forever with the thought “did I get my biometric passport?”, It is shown in a USR communiqué. “Viktor Orban has become a tsar in the realm of inhumanity. Behind the barbed wire fences, he is now erecting a wall of absurd bureaucracy for Ukrainian refugees. First Putin started a useless war, now Viktor Orban starts a stupid war against solidarity. We ask the Romanian Government and the European Commission to do whatever is necessary to make the Hungarian government regain its senses “, said Drula. Recall that on Wednesday, the European Commission proposed to provide temporary protection to those who choose to leave Ukraine, fleeing the war, as well as access to education and the labor market. “The Commission is proposing today to provide immediate protection in the EU to those leaving Ukraine. All those fleeing the war will be guaranteed a secure status and access to schools, health care and employment, “said Margaritis Schinas, Vice President for the Promotion of European Lifestyle. https://eudebates.tv/ #eudebates The temporary protection status will thus apply for one year, renewable for up to three years. The Commission may deactivate it in the event of a return to peace. Refugees should have access to broad rights, such as education, health and work. They will obtain a visa without going through an official asylum application, the EU mechanism also aiming to avoid saturation of the national services in charge. To ease the pressure on the Member States bordering Ukraine, the directive provides for financial and material assistance from the other States. At this stage, no project of distribution of migrants is mentioned. “No country has expressed a request in this direction for the time being”, indicated Ylva Johansson. Humanitarian aid In Hungary, Viktor Orban, quick to scrap on immigration issues, this time opens the floodgates and displays his “unity” with Brussels. Poland, which was already home to around 1.5 million Ukrainians before the Russian invasion, is also playing the sacred union with its neighbor and its partners. Like Romania and Slovakia, they also border Ukraine. “Relocations are not the subject, at least for now. We must not transpose the previous migratory crises. Refugees are welcome where they arrive and do not leave afterwards. The immediate priority is to ensure that the flows are processed as efficiently as possible, to help the countries on the front line and to organize humanitarian aid, ”summarizes a European source. It remains to be seen how long the eastern members of the EU will be able, and will want, to absorb the flows while the exodus could accelerate.