Hungarian asylum seekers head for Sweden

[Aptrgangr]

Hungarian asylum seekers head for Sweden

The number of Hungarians seeking asylum in Sweden is rising rapidly, despite the fact that Hungary is a member of the European Union. Around 30 Hungarians claimed asylum in Malmö on Thursday alone.
"Hungarians are coming here all the time. They generally claim asylum based on ethnic problems in their homelands," said Oskar Ekblad at the Swedish Board of Migration in Malmö.
While it is well known that Roma people in a number of eastern European countries consider themselves persecuted, Ekblad would not confirm that the current wave of asylum seekers was dominated by Roma.
"We do not register people's ethnicity - the constitution protects people from being registered along those lines," he said.
Most days on which direct flights from Hungary land at Malmö's Sturup airport bring with them a number of Hungarian asylum seekers, Ekblad said.
Marie Andersson, spokeswoman at Migrationsverket HQ in Norrköping said that 114 Hungarians had sought asylum in Sweden during the autumn. Now this trend could be accelerating - according to Ekblad, around the same number has applied for refugee status in November alone.
The EU's principle of free movement of labour means that Hungarian citizens can freely travel to Sweden and stay for three months while looking for work. When they apply for asylum, this rule is taken out of play. This means that they can be deported if their application is rejected.
According to an EU decision there are no well-grounded grounds for asylum for Hungarian citizens.
Some 27 Hungarian asylum cases were tried during October. Of these, 25 were rejected and the other two withdrew their applications. Marie Andersson said that she did not believe that any of the failed applicants had yet been deported.
The reasons for the Hungarians' attraction to Sweden is so far unclear. It is believed that some may be tempted by false expectations of generous state benefits. The Swedish Embassy in Budapest is informed and has started to act to tackle the issue.
Citizens of other EU member states have also applied for asylum in Sweden, albeit on a smaller scale. So far this year there have been six applications from Slovakia, five from Latvia and four from Lithuania.

http://www.thelocal.se/5534/20061116...53d712a7e83862

[Arthur Gordon Pym]

Hungarians in general show very little propensity to emigrate anywhere, let alone seek asylum.

The "Hungarians" applying for asylum are 99% Gypsies. The article even mentions that on one place, however the title is misleading.

[svin]

And Chechens are emigrating to Norway. I've heard there are already 5 thousands of them there.

[Carnyx]

Originally Posted by Plethon

Hungarians in general show very little propensity to emigrate anywhere, let alone seek asylum.

Excepting the famous de Nagy Boska.

[Arthur Gordon Pym]

Originally Posted by Carnyx

Excepting the famous de Nagy Boska.

I say today they have very little propensity for emigration. In the past it was another thing.

You mean Sarko...he is half-Jew anyway. You might be also interested in the etymology of his surname. It comes from from a name place called Sárköz (there are several such name-places in Hungary)

Sár in Hungarian means "mud", and köz means "among", "between". So literally Sárköz means "place in the mud", "place surrounded by mud". Therefrom derived adjective/noun Sárközi (Sárközy according to the old orthography) means a person coming from that place...

[Carnyx]

Originally Posted by Plethon

I say today they have very little propensity for emigration. In the past it was another thing.

Hmm

You mean Sarko... he is half-Jew anyway.

But his Hungarian father I think not, unlike what some rumours say.

Sár in Hungarian means "mud", and köz means "among", "between". So literally Sárköz means "place in the mud", "place surrounded by mud". Therefrom derived adjective/noun Sárközi (Sárközy according to the old orthography) means a person coming from that place...

Oh yes, I knew of the etymology. Thanks anyway wise man. I've philomagyar (or whatever is it called) among my acquaintance -every selfrespecting natio here should know about this.

[Savorgnan]

Originally Posted by Carnyx

But his Hungarian father I think not, unlike what some rumours say.

His father certainly is not Jew. The Sarközy are a noble family that were the guardians of an Hungarian march, protecting the country from the Turkish invasions. Anyway, real ethnic Hungarians are not known for being particularly philosemite.

[Arthur Gordon Pym]

Sarko's mother is said to be from a Jewish family having its roots in Thessaloniki (or I got something wrong?) If that is true, then he could be even considered as real Jew according to Jewish rules.

[Cirrus]

Originally Posted by Plethon

Sarko's mother is said to be from a Jewish family having its roots in Thessaloniki (or I got something wrong?) If that is true, then he could be even considered as real Jew according to Jewish rules.

No, his maternal grandfather was a Jew from Thessaloniki, but his grandmother was a French Catholic. Then, his mother isn't Jewish by law.

[Savorgnan]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

No, his maternal grandfather was a Jew from Thessaloniki, but his grandmother was a French Catholic. Then, his mother isn't Jewish by law.

That's correct. But even is Sarkozy claims to be a Catholic, he is still considered by the parisian jewry as one of them (and let's not forget that he's a Mason too).