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Mass Migration Always Has Unpleasant Consequences – Do We Know That?

The Editorial Board May 17, 2022

This editorial was published on April 28, 2022, in Czech language in the daily newspaper “Lidovénoviny”. By Václav Klaus and Jiří Weigl. Czechia - Ukrainians in their hundreds of thousands, or rather millions, are seeking refuge from war abroad, in huge numbers…

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Polish Parliament given update about situation at eastern border

Sébastien Meuwissen November 11, 2021

An extraordinary plenary session was held in the Polish Sejm on Tuesday because of the tense situation on the Polish–Belarusian border. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński, and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak informed MPs about the current crisis situation. …

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Hungarian governement wants to tax pro-migrant NGOs to fund border protection

The Editorial Board January 17, 2018

Hungary - The Hungarian government announced its will to introduce a package of bills aiming to tax NGOs supporting illegal migration and use this money to strengthen border protection. This new step is following a good results of the national consultation on…

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The Visegrád Group Will Not Yield to Blackmail, and Hungary Strengthens Anti-Immigration Policy

The Editorial Board March 29, 2017

Poland, Warsaw - The leaders of the Visegrád Group, meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday (March 28th), denounced with one voice the European blackmail and diktat over them regarding migration policy. The four prime ministers strongly opposed the idea of linking the distribution…

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V. Orbán: “Hungary is in a State of Siege”

The Editorial Board March 11, 2017

Hungary - Migrants are detained, police and army reinforced, and a second fence set up at the border. There is less talk of migrants arriving through the Balkans, yet Hungary is getting ready for a new wave. For Prime Minister…

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Are Croatia And Slovenia Hostile For The Migrants?

The Editorial Board January 5, 2017

Croatia / Slovenia - About fifty migrants demonstrated in Zagreb to denounce attacks on them. Meantime, Slovenia is not willing to take down the fence on her border. In Zagreb, the Croatian capital, approximately 50 migrants demonstrated on Monday, January 2, against the violence of the…

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Czechia’s President Zeman Links Migration And Terrorism

The Editorial Board December 27, 2016

Czechia, Prague - President Milos Zeman told Czechs that the attacks in Europe are linked to the massive influx of migrants and said Muslim immigration is a "breeding ground for potential terrorist attacks". The President of Czechia, Milos Zeman, made his Christmas…

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Serbia wants more agreements with Poland

The Editorial Board October 6, 2016

Serbia - A week ago, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić received the Polish Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, in Belgrade. The PM of Serbia "expressed the hope bilateral economic cooperation would be stepped up." Poland is actively supporting Serbia's European path and wants…

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Croatia aligns herself on Berlin’s policy

The Editorial Board September 29, 2016

Croatia - Interior Minister Vlaho Orepić is serene and do not think that a new migratory wave will hit the country. According to him no significant flow of migrants will affect Croatia, or even Europe. “There is no place for ‘fear’. It…

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Migrants: misunderstanding between the United States and Romania

The Editorial Board September 26, 2016

Romania - Tuesday, September 20, US President Barack Obama announced that Romania and six other European countries, had agreed to host ten times more migrants than in 2015. But the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to this statement by saying that…

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Scandinavia launches a legal action against Hungary

The Editorial Board September 26, 2016

Hungary - Germany and Austria have already threatened to return migrants to Hungary, a transit country, saying that it was for her to welcome them because of the Dublin agreements. Now it was the turn of four Scandinavian countries to take on…

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Czechia offers a solution for migrants

The Editorial Board September 25, 2016

Czech Republic - At the UN summit for refugees and migrants held Monday, September 20 in New York, the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Lubomír Zaorálek said the priority for the migration crisis must be to ensure the countries in war or…