in the back what is your reaction going to be hungary is reaction. well you know hungary was maybe the loudest supporter within the european union to the ukrainians to get the visa free regime and to make the grayness. agreement come into force and unfortunately a couple of days after that there was a regulation passed in the ukrainian parliament which always the rights of the hunger ians obviously when it comes to education on the mother tongue so so we made it very clear that we have to use all kinds of instruments in the toolbox of international politics in order to make sure that the rights of the young ones rule be restored in ukraine so he had signed a memorandum to nato suggesting that when they're in sion abide by ukrainian lol why nato then do you think it's going to back up your number and well you know of your part of the alliance so it's obvious that we form our allies our policy towards a country which has the inspiration to go forward when it comes to the. integration path and that will be very happy to come back to our position to supp

us hungary and who can make a decision whom we allow to come to hungary it is only us hungry areas to make a decision we told him we will not live together we don't want all that neither the european union already united nations to force us to to you white people in our country whom we do not want to invite we made it very clear that protection of our border and guaranteeing the security of our citizens is the number one priority for us and george soros and his network is totally against this. concept against this strategy he would like to in the wide millions of migrants to europe on an annual basis he basically want to get rid of the phenomenon of of nation states so this is a very open very open conflict and confrontation between us and we have to see that that the us not for it. does definitely have people or members of the european parliament and these kind of attacks against my country against our government against our prime minister are based on this political approach you know these kind of reports which are being written about my country these are absolutely take facts out o

so what can we expect from hungary and the e.u. summit. its member states operative to decide who steps on the soil of the member state so we're never going to give up that element of our sovereignty to any international body or european bureaucracy but what the block needs now is a common migration policy to solve this ongoing crisis. with the day before she departed for this make or break summit german chancellor angela merkel warned that the issue of migration could decide europe's future earlier we asked our brussels correspondent viewer matis if unity in the european union is in danger. i think what she's referring to is the fact not that we are facing their migration crisis if you look at the numbers and compare them to two thousand and fifteen they have trumped by over ninety percent so it is not a real my current crisis europe is facing but it is a political crisis as the french president pointed out upon their own arrival and the key point here is that we have a number of far right wing populist governments in europe now w

this is hungary calling. this is hungary calling. for the sake of god and freedom, help hungary. >> the russians had been beaten back for a time, but now they doubled down with a vengeance, pouring tanks and troops and heavy armor back into budapest and brutally and all too effectively put down the resistance. help never came. >> this is a place where a lot of things happened. used to be the headquarters. i never shot this before, so this is about the first time i'm going to get this building shot. >> so this was the internal secret police, so if someone came at night with a van and he were taken away, you ended up being interrogated here? >> yes. >> secret police headquarters in 1956. the site of a firefight between snipers on the roof, and their fellow citizens below. >> then the people got into the building, went up there, hunted them down and killed them, actually, basically. and hanged them on the streets. >> hung them here. >> hung them on the street there. it's hard to find a tree which they hung those

illegal migrants that state run media relentlessly warned during the election campaign would flood hungary and undermine its christian values the advance of victor and his policies has proved unstoppable in three consecutive parliamentary elections meanwhile the advance of muslim migration on this society has been pretty comprehensively stopped at what is now hungary's heavily fortified southern border it is as if this new legislation is aimed less abt illegal migrants and more at civil society which brings us to the other great fear that stalks hungary's prime minister the billionaire financier george soros and the network of liberal minded n.g.o.s he supports he made it. clear what kind of future he thinks of europe he's pro democracy he's probably. right the kind of democracy in the form of democracy he promotes and his organizations are promoting are very far from real democracy because they rely or would like to relight so-called n.g.o.s that have been founded and financed by the shore and the like minded people the new measures being debated are collectively known as the stop soros b

so what can we expect from hungary the e.u. summit. its member states operative to decide who steps on the soil of the member state so we're never going to give up that element of our sovereignty to any international body or european bureaucracy but what the block needs now is a common migration policy to solve this ongoing crisis. the fact is that it's important for the leaders of these two countries to meet there are a wide range of issues despite the differences between us where those present tramp and president putin think they may be able to find constructive solutions i'd like to hear someone say that's a bad idea. well that was u.s. national security advisor john bolton speaking in moscow before today's joint announcement from the kremlin and the white house confirming that u.s. president i would trump and russian president vladimir putin will meet next month their first one on one summit will take place in the finnish capitol hill seeking on the sixteenth of july ballistic the stories of the u.s. capitol to our correspo

so what can we expect from hungary at the e.u. summit. its member states operative to decide who steps on the soil of the member state so we never going to give up that element of our sovereignty to any international body or european bureaucracy but what the bloc needs now is a common migration policy to solve this ongoing crisis. let's get you up to date with the world cup and for that want to turn to talk you from the sports desk who's with me here good to see you were reaching the end of the group stage group h. just played who came out on top so it was a very evenly matched group to begin with colombia ended up topping it thanks to a year in mena who gave colombia a one nil victory over center go ahead are off a point to kick up a story that's the poland game but in that one look poland basically had nothing to lose they ended up with a goal. that's they had i was talking about a corner kick in the seventy fourth minute and that goal put colombia through in this world cup i mean it was a lackluster performances from both sides

now there's an electrified fence migrants and refugees still trying to enter europe on welcome in hungary alone slide when in parliamentary elections in april has encouraged prime minister viktor orban and his feet as party to go further despite protests by the e.u. and local activist groups a new law is being debated that would criminalize any supporting clued in legal advice given to asylum seekers who do make it through access to justice and due process their fundamental values and this legislation specifically targets that saying asylum seekers shouldn't be helped because if you are. you face the risk of being thrown in jail. i put that to mr all burned spokesman your question implies that the so-called n.g.o.s that are active and operating at the borders book to both sides of the borders or even. it's about migration are humanitarian organizations and feel on topic our finding is that they are actively promoting migration of the borders of europe. but where are these mainly muslim illegal migrants that state run media relentlessly warned during the election campaign would flood hunga

heavily on the issue so let me repeat the question why is hungary so we're going to migrants.not angry but getting government party which one donation. people forgers on the actions but very very simplified message that the migrants refugees and any other. migrants would destroy our culture would take our homeland and destroy our college or history and and all what we already have so this is what. heat. people in particular will choose an encounter side and won't get under the people who check facts and use leisure in this industry and therefore. the measure of the government party. thank you for joining us. from the who speaks for the open society foundations thank you. thank you and some of the other stories making news around the world british prime minister theresa may has won a crucial vote in parliament's lower house on legislation and government saw off of rebellion by pro e.u. lawmakers who wanted to strengthen the power of m.p.'s to intervene if no breaks a deal is reached before march next year. israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on the gaza strip early on wednesd

hungary is reaction. well you know hungary was maybe the loudest supporter within the european union to the ukrainians to get the visa free regime and to make the. agreement come into force and unfortunately a couple of days after that there was a regulation passed in the ukrainian parliament which always the rights of the younger ians obviously when it comes to.

and you have said that ukraine step hungary in the back what is your reaction going to be hungary is reaction. well you know. maybe the loudest supporter within the european union.

the risk of being thrown in jail the controversial votes in the latest crackdown on refugees by hungary's government. that's a new plan for italy the prime minister outlines his vision. hello there in japan we've got a lot of cloud at the moment it is giving us a fair few outbreaks of rain as well you can see it higer actually working its way eastwards covering most of us at the moment giving us some fairly hefty downpours in the south that behind it is bright and far i am pretty warm for thin fella temperatures up at twenty nine degrees and thirty in pyongyang and then behind that we've got another weather system that's still putting itself together but still a fair amount of cloud drifting its way across the eastern parts of china there and up into the eastern parts of russia so the north of that is really quite warm it looks like beijing will be getting to. around thirty five degrees and force in the toll will be up at twenty one now before the chills the south and there's plenty of rain here and isn't thanks to a tropical depression that's working its way towards the north and it's in

countries come to transfer asylum seekers to hungary join whole expose that story now from budapest. where once there was an open border of the european union now there's an electrified fence migrants and refugees still trying to enter europe on welcome in hungary alone slide win in parliamentary elections in april has encouraged prime minister viktor orban and his feet as party to go further despite protests by the e.u. and local activist groups a new law is being debated that would criminalize any supporting clued in legal advice given to asylum seekers who do make it through access to justice and due process their fundamental values and this legislation specifically targets that saying asylum seekers shouldn't be helped because if you'll help. you face the risk of being thrown in jail. i put that to mr all band spokesman your question implies that the so-called n.g.o.s that are active and operating at the borders to both sides of the borders or if it's about migration are humanitarian organizations . are finding is that they are actively promoting migration at the borders of europ

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hungary's parliament is debating a bill that would make it a criminal offense to help asylum seekers as part of a crackdown on immigration by prime minister viktor orban as right wing government anyone convicted under the new law could face up to a year in prison journal reports from budapest where once there was an open border of the european union now there's an electrified fence migrants and refugees still trying to enter europe on welcome in hungary. alone slide when in parliamentary elections in april as encourage prime minister viktor orban and his feet as party to go further fulfilling an election promise to protect hungary and its christian values despite protests by the e.u. and local activist groups planned new legislation will criminalize any supporting committing legal advice given to the mainly muslim asylum seekers who do make it through access to justice and due process our fundamental values and this legislation specifically targets that and there are real concerns that the government will not stop there we are afraid of anybody who dares to criticize the government.

so what can we expect from hungary and the e.u. summit. its member states operated to decide who steps on the soil of the member state so we're never going to give up that element of our sovereignty to any international body or european bureaucracy but what the bloc needs now is a common migration policy to solve this ongoing crisis. so a common policy is needed but a lot of differences remain as we mentioned chancellor merkel is trying to forge an agreement in brussels while she's facing a government crisis at home the conservative very and c.s.u. has ratcheted up pressure on her to tighten border controls in europe and germany there are growing disputes with merkel is threatening the stability of germany's government this morning chancellor merkel addressed the german parliament on migration uncle americal is finding for her chancellorship even though she won't show any signs of pressure in public esto it has ever she defended her government's policies in parliament and when it came to the contentious issue of migration she said

brussels this is drive towards finding some consensual agreement to resolve the crisis whereas in hungary you have the government using them of the super majority it has more than two thirds of the seats in parliament to change the constitution to specific amendments to the constitution part of the stop soros bill why is it called that because the government of the party led by victoria ban the hungary and prime minister believes that the us billionaire philanthropist george soros has been funding non-governmental organizations aid organizations which help illegal immigrants into into hungary and so the government decided to legislate against it so now they have made a criminal offense punishable with a jail term for anybody working for an aid organization or charity who helps people who are perceived by the hungary and state to be illegal immigrants the other change they made to the constitution was to say that hungary should not be settled by an alien population that's the terminology used in the legislation which gives you a sense of perspective that the e.u. leaders at a supra nationa

which brings us to the other great fear that stalks hungary's prime minister the billionaire financier george soros and the network of liberal minded n.g.o.s he supports the government spokesman explained he made it clear what kind of future he thinks of europe is pro-democracy he's probably always been. the kind of democracy in the form of democracy he promotes and his organizations are promoting are very far from real democracy because they rely or would like to relight so-called n.g.o.s that have been founded and financed by the sheriff and the like minded people. the new measures are collectively known as the stop soros bill in response to soros funded open society foundations announced last week it was pulling out of hungary that's a loss to free thinking society but when one of europe's most illiberal governments slipped looks increasingly assailable jonah holds al-jazeera put a first still ahead on this al-jazeera news hour could this former senior u.n. official result mother gas because political crisis. is taking place in the u.s. primary elections as democrats hope to retake

for the past eight years we have been pursuing this witchhunt against hungary. illegal migration. it was a sickly hungary and central european countries in return for the rules. keeping in mind that the system is not a gift for these countries, that is an investment coming from all over europe, it is our money because we have opened markets. the remarks and comparison is another political approach to what should not be and thatis approach to what should not be and that is a legal issues and monitor issues which have different traditions. italy is one of the countries are saying that quarters should be enforced but how are you going to work with italy that is now more in line with new way of thinking? —— your way of thinking? let's start with what we agree on is what italy have demonstrated recently and that is defending european borders by land and sea is not a matter of capability. how much ofa not a matter of capability. how much of a threat to the eu do you think these divisions over migration are? is migration related issues opposing the biggest challenge th

so what can we expect from hungary and the e.u. summit. its member states operative to decide who steps on the soil of the member state so we're never going to give up that element of our sovereignty to any international body or european bureaucracy but what the block needs now is a common migration policy to solve this ongoing crisis. and that's also the reason why all eyes are on brussels today and tomorrow and only correspondent garrick marcus is covering at this all important summit for us take us behind the scenes of the e.u. leaders summit what's happening right now. ok love the way the summit works is that the leaders are currently staying in the europa building which is which is about one hundred meters from here under the glass dome having intense debate i imagine and what we're left with here is waiting for a number of diplomats or sometimes so-called sherpas to sneak out and give us their impressions of what's going on behind the big last walls if you want and it just just happened in italian diplomats came out and said

on immigration or an attack on human rights we'll have the latest on a new bill being debated in hungary and cattle defends its right to buy the last four hundred anti missile system on the one year anniversary of the gulf diplomatic crisis. iran has told the u.n. that it's increasing its capacity to enrich uranium but he's not breaking the terms of the twenty fifty nuclear deal supreme leader ayatollah ali how many said on monday that iran would not accept limitations on its nuclear activities at the same time as economic sanctions the u.s. to impose sanctions on iran last month after president trump announced his country was pulling out of the deal european leaders want to stay in the deal and have been trying to figure out ways to keep it alive. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has long been a critic of the iran nuclear deal saying it's done nothing to improve global security is our tour of europe calling on countries to not prop up the deal he spent monday in berlin with the german chancellor angela merkel and has since been in paris meeting president emanuel when the butle

over convicts the far right leader was speaking in salo one of the main arrival points in italy hungary's parliament will shortly begin debating noise that could criminalize those who help undocumented migrants navigate the system as part of a crackdown on immigration by prime minister viktor orban as right wing government wants the constitution changed other e.u. countries can transfer asylum seekers to hungry china who reports from budapest. where once there was an open border of the european union now there's an electrified fence migrants and refugees still trying to enter europe welcome in hungary alone slide win in parliamentary elections in april has encouraged prime minister viktor orban and his feet as party to go further despite protests by the e.u. and local activist groups a new law is being debated that would criminalize any supporting clued in legal advice given to asylum seekers who do make it through access to justice and due process their fundamental values and this legislation specifically targets that saying asylum seekers shouldn't be helped because if you help the sala

whatever areas of compromise that can be found between those member states and dominic meanwhile in hungary we're seeing this new piece of controversial legislation to deal with the crisis there. yeah that's right the very different approaches on show here from the european commission the e.u. member states for next sunday's summit that's one former approach they have to try to resolve the immigration crisis but the government of victor ordered by the hungary and prime minister and his feet party they have a super majority that is more than two thirds of the seats in parliament and the decision they've taken they've changed the law of the constitution in two ways the first is to criminalize anyone working for a nongovernmental organization an agency a charity as it were providing assistance to people who the state believes to be illegal immigrants that's the first element of the change the constitution the second one is they have amended the constitution to say that hungary should not be settled by what this is their wording not mine what are called alien populations the point here is that

prime minister viktor orban and his party to go further fulfilling an election promise to protect hungary and its christian values despite protests by the e.u. and local activist groups brand new legislation will criminalize any supporting clued in legal advice given to the mainly muslim asylum seekers who do make it through access to justice and due process their fundamental values and this legislation specifically targets that and there are real concerns that the government will not stop there we are afraid of anybody who dares to criticize the government's policies for any reasons maybe a tag that may face serious threats like we do now those who work with refugees who are promoting the rights of refugees and equal human rights for all. the advance of viktor or ban has been unstoppable in three successive elections the advance meanwhile of illegal migration of fear much promoted during the election campaign has been pretty comprehensively stopped there are more than a few hundred successful asylum seekers in hungary it is as if these new measures being debated are aimed less at migrati

which brings us to the other great fear that stalks hungary's prime minister the billionaire financier george soros and the network of liberal minded n.g.o.s he supports the government spokesman explained he made it fairly clear what kind of future he thinks of europe he's pro democracy he's probably get it all. right the kind of the moccasin the form of democracy he promotes and his organizations are promoting are very far from real democracy because they rely or would like to relight so-called n.g.o.s that have been founded and financed by the shore and the like minded people. the new measures are collectively known as the stop soros bill in response to soros funded open society foundations announced law.

know that he wants quotas for new arrivals changed putting him on the same footing as hungary and poland he is reaching forward very much in these days and it seems that he really wants to put in action what he has always proposed that means a very hardline a very tough line on the immigration issue prime minister said that italy would remain a close ally of the united states he also called for the opening of relations with moscow and an end to sanctions and that could lead to more friction with the e.u. . while both main parties of the coalition have to tough in the lead up to the election they will now be confronted by the realities of governing change may not happen as fast as they would like and there is an obvious dilemma can a coalition made up of such disparate forces hold up to deliver its promises sunny diagonal al-jazeera rome if the opiate has agreed to end the two decade long feud with every trial stemming from a deadly border conflict the two countries have remained odd since the war in one thousand nine hundred eight of a disputed area that includes the town of bad me a un

hungary, because it is a border country, takes in an awfully large number.hat about portugal, finland, ireland, whose prime minister is the son of immigrants, as well? negligible numbers, whether you base it on gdp or your current population, because you don't want to be flooded by us foreigners. and here is another solution. what about saudi arabia, what about united arab emirates, what about countries where the people have religious and ethnic similarities, incredibly rich countries, who have a very small population and could do with a heck ofa population and could do with a heck of a lot more people. at what about them? how do we get the people there? they have legal obligations. they are getting on boats and travelling across to... not the ones from afghanistan and iraq. they are neighbouring the arabic countries, they are not going there. that is not to say that europe doesn't have obligations, it is a $17 trillion economy and the richest trading bloc in the world. it has moral and legal obligations but if you want to alleviate some of the pressure, ang

later to hungary wales sit down with white wing leader viktor orban both courage and heart of an emerging and newly influential hardline bloc in the european union the leaders of poland slovakia the czech republic come from a similar political viewpoint while it's lee's new government is also right wing crucially in germany chancellor angela merkel is under pressure from elements within her own coalition to agree to strict to e.u. wide policies on migration is raising questions about whether they could be a split within the union between those who want to maintain the current system and those calling for borders to be closed domini cain has more from berlin. friday's a day in which president donald tusk of the european council is going to try to put his message across regarding the e.u. summit that will take place in brussels at the end of next week speaking to the chancellor of stress of us and courts but also to the prime minister of hungary viktor autobahn both these people both these men are people who don't share the point of view that the larger e.u. countries certainly germany and

example because italy is biggest on the one side they want to tough stance on migration just like hungary on the other hand they have they bear the brunt of all the arrivals of migration through the mediterranean sea so they're also calling for european solidarity they're calling for the relocation of migrants so that's something that i'm going to medical wants as well nevertheless if there is a topic in the european union at the moment that has the potential to blow the european union up as you could say then it is migration because the longer this topic is on the agenda the more it feeds populists and euro skeptic parties this is a very emotive issue and we can get the gist from your reporting as well max but but talk to us about facts there's the in your face and actual immigration crisis at this time. it depends where you draw the threshold where you draw the limit if you look at the numbers from the end of two thousand and fifteen and compare them with now there really isn't that much of a deal here because a let's just take the arrivals from libya on the italian shore that went down

later thirsk will travel to hungary my health sit down but right when lead to victory. both cuts and obama part of an emerging and newly influential hardline right bloc in the european union and the leaders of poland slovakia and czech republic come from a similar political viewpoint wealth italy's new government is also right wing crucially in germany chancellor angela merkel is under pressure from elements within her own coalition to agree to strict to e.u. wide policies on migration and that's raising questions about whether there could be a split within the union between those who want to maintain the current system and those calling for borders to be closed. that's talked out to dominate came he's joining us for more on this live from berlin so drove about domestic issues there in germany just a sec first meeting the austrian and the hung garion leaders why are they causing such a split on this issue of my of migration. well basically or because they don't seem to share the sentiment to the perspective of president of chancellor merkel of the leaders of the larger

billionaire george soros has been providing assistance to non-governmental organizations in hungary and it's something that mr or buying has railed against and certainly his view and indeed the view not just of his country but the four countries that make up what's called the visa card group that's hungary the czech republic slovakia and poland have all been called calling for a toughening in the rules regarding immigration and saying they don't want to have many more grant migrants returned to through their borders to their countries that's the point here that if you draw all of this together the solutions that the e.u. can arrive at whether that's at the e.u. summit at the end of next week or whether it's in the mini summit on sunday it may indeed entailed returning people to first ports of entry to the first e.u. country people claimed asylum clearly if mr or by an intensifying his position it's unlikely that any of those people will be returning to hungary any time soon. we will definitely dominate came. and britain's prime minister to resign may as strongly condemn donald trump zer

controls and new policies to cut the number of refugees coming in made up of leaders from austria hungary italy slovakia the czech republic and poland it wants other countries to agree a stricter approach to refugees while other member states mostly from north western europe will hope to avoid the union swinging to the right that's been seen as one of the most difficult and important summits and years as you can imagine and with rescue boats full of refugees trying to cross the mediterranean every day finding a resolution is becoming more urgent by the minute let's go live now to dominick in berlin so we've been getting a sense of the importance of today the phrase is not the same as the situation of september twenty fifth you remember. that's when i go to merkel decided to open up the borders of her country to allow in many many hundreds of thousands of migrant of refugees into germany she said in parliament behind me in the last half an hour or so that that decision was done to help other countries to help austria to help hungary is very country as you were referring to in your introduc

to what the government considers to be illegal immigrants and then the second change to say that hungary should not be populated with alien populations that's their words that the point here is it shows the dichotomy that the difference in approach between what the supranational e.u. wants to achieve and what certain governments and central eastern europe and europe want to achieve and they seem very far apart. hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants trying to reach europe each year spain has seen a huge rise in the number of arrivals with more than eleven hundred people entering in the first ten days of this month alone can call pen the whole has worn off in the port city of al mariya. right now we're on the decks of the out of them out of polynesia and this is one of these characteristic orange rescue vessels being run by spain's marine rescue service now this ship right now is on high alert in case any calls come through telling them that there are some of these rickety fishing vessels bringing refugees and migrants from the shores of northern africa the coast of northern afric

still to come on the program point helping refugees and asylum seekers could land you in jail in hungary. a long waits for peace between neighbors ethiopia and eritrea could soon be over. at sports spain join portugal at the top of their world cup group will show you how they did it place it in the program. the united nations says the number of refugees is more than doubled since one thousand nine hundred fifty one on june twentieth that year the u.n. adopted the refugee convention and since two thousand and one the day has been observed as world refugee day. as of mid twenty seventeen more than sixty eight million people have been forcibly displaced all of them twenty five point four million of fled to other countries to escape violence and persecution more than half under the age of eighteen that's the highest number of child refugees since the second world war even more staggering forty four and a half thousand people are being displaced each day that's one every two seconds leaders from ten nations will meet in brussels on sunday to try to sort out the visions over immigration it com

to act on migration now the issue is so divisive that some leaders such as hungary's prime minister are not going italy's new prime minister decepticon threaten to cancel and only after a phone call and assurances from uncle americal did he change his mind delicate diplomacy. and not only here in europe the chancellor is currently visiting jordan and lebanon countries which are home to the world's highest number of refugees per capita medical is expected to offer aid the hope is that stable and peaceful countries will be able to deal with refugees and they'll remain part of the solution and become part of the problem. search for solutions to managing migration of course as letters of the middle east she is in beirut tonight chief political editor. is traveling with her good evening to you nic hello what is uncle americal offering on this trip and what is she expecting to get in return. awful this trip was planned way ahead of what then hit in full force which is this in a coalition c.d.u. c.s.u. union crisis over that very issue from grayson she wanted to basically congratulate both leb

from italy to austria, to hungary and poland, it is driving policies and threatened to smash continentalus. my guest karin kneissl is the foreign minister in austria's right—wing nationalist coalition government. are europeans finding their authentic voice or is a dangerous brand of populism poisoning politics? karin kneissl, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for the invitation. thank you forjoining us from vienna. i think we have to begin with migration. opinion surveys across europe show it is now the european public‘s number one concern. they appear to be apprehensive, they appear to be frightened about immigration. and, yet, the numbers of immigrants coming into europe year on year, right now, are actually going down. so how can you explain the rising apprehension? well, we have seen the year 2015, and i think one of the main reasons why british voters voted to say yes to brexit was because there was a sensation of loss of control and that was exactly what happened in 2015—2016, it was only two years ago and we should not forget there are about 4 million refugees, syrian refugees, in tu

hungary has defied e.u. laws and passed a bill criminalizing assistance to undocumented immigrants under the so-called stops or aide workers could face up to a year in jail if they help people seek asylum prime minister viktor orban blames the hunger an american businessman george soros for encouraging mass migration to europe so as denies this. leaders from ten e.u. nations will meet in brussels on sunday to try to sort out divisions on immigration comes ahead of an even summit on thursday on overhauling the blocks asylum system the issue is threatening to split the german chancellor angela merkel's government she's on the growing pressure to reach a deal that would allow germany to turn back asylum seekers who fled to stood in another e.u. country well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness. when the news breaks. on the old man city and the story builds to be forced to leave it would just be all when people need to behead women and girls being bought and given away in

people in her own government it's definitely not enough for people in the governments of austria hungary and indeed the other countries you mentioned in your introduction there or shall we say no we do not want that and we certainly don't want to accept a quota of migrants or refugees to be assigned to us in some e.u. solution so how deep are these divisions i mean obviously she has divisions that hold the she's going to are some that were there are so many divisions what is the likelihood of a bridging any of these gaps. well the point here is that she has on the one hand her government mostly composed of her party and the social democrats who broadly speaking agree on the approach regarding immigrants arriving refugees coming across borders and being in germany but then the division she has here internally is with the variances the party of her christian democratic union the christian social you don't want to do that you don't think that the. proposals on the table so far enough to threaten to go it alone to use the fact that their leader in parliament is the interior minister federall

the helsinki committee rights group accused hungary of failing to provide protection. prime minister theresa may has seen off a threatened rebellion by conservative mps who had been demanding a bigger say over brexit. the commons voted by a majority of 16 against the idea that mps should have the power to stop the uk leaving the eu without an agreement. now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament.