migration

ORBAN VIEWS ON MIGRATION: NO PLACE TO HIDE

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4 June 2015

Hungarian Prime Minister, Orbán Viktor, resumed his usual role as the ‘Bete Noir’ of the EU’s liberal elite. Once again, he appeared to have little or no sympathy with EU policy proposals – in this case, for the handling of the current refugee crisis impacting on the Union’s southern Members, particularly Italy and Greece.

THE EUROPEAN UNION AND RECENT ILLEGAL MIGRATION: A BLIP OR A TREND

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26 April 2011

Italy and France have recently approached the European Commission to ‘investigate’ the Schengen Treaty.  Both countries are facing the consequences of significant unregulated migration – primarily from North Africa and as a result of the recent political upheavals – which threatens to undermine EU solidarity and a key pillar of the Union’s edifice.