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The European Court of Justice dismisses complaints by Slovakia and Hungary about EU migration policy, upholding Brussels’ right to force member states to take in asylum seekers.
2017-09-6

The National Assembly rejects Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's bill to block the settlement of refugees in Hungary. The far-right Jobbik party abstained from the vote, arguing the immigration ban should apply to all foreigners, and not just refugees.
2016-11-8

Hungary is to hold a referendum on whether to accept mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants.
2016-02-24

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, when discussing management of the flow of migrants with the press, talks about "technical security" measures but insists there will be "no fence" at the Slovenian border. This, in contrast to Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner who earlier spoke of plans for a "fence" on the border to Slovenia. Austria has been one of the more vocal countries criticizing Hungary's decision to build a fence along its border with Serbia.
2015-10-28

Hungary announces it will close its southern border with Croatia at midnight.
2015-10-16

Croatia allows some asylum seekers to move on past its borders into Hungary and Slovenia.
2015-09-19

Dozens of migrants reach the border of Serbia and Croatia which has become the new route for migrants denied entry to Hungary.
2015-09-16

Following Austria's and Germany's decision to waive their asylum system rules, approximately 6,500 migrants – mostly from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan – arrive in Vienna. They traveled from Hungary by bus, train or on foot. The migrants were given the opportunity to register in Austria or move on to Germany.
2015-09-5

Authorities in Hungary close the Budapest Keleti railway station to prevent hundreds of migrants from boarding trains to other European capitals.
2015-09-1

Hungary's ruling Fidesz Party loses its two-thirds supermajority in the National Assembly after a left-wing independent candidate wins a by-election in a district based on the city of Veszprem. [http:--www.startribune.com-world-293478431.html (AP via "Star Tribune")]date=August 2019
2015-02-22