VIENNA: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday announced he wanted to form a new EU parliament alliance, together with Austria’s far-right party and the Czech centrist group of ex-premier Andrej Babis.
“We take on the responsibility to launch this new platform and new faction. I want to make it clear that this is our goal,” Orban told reporters at a joint press conference with Austria’s Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl and Babis, calling for other parties’ support.
The new alliance will need support from parties from four other countries to be recognized as a group in the EU parliament.
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Hungary’s Orban moves to form new EU parliament group
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Hungary’s Orban moves to form new EU parliament group
- New alliance will need support from parties from four other countries to be recognized as a group in the EU parliament
150,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan, Iran this year: UN
- Nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan and Iran this year, with the speed and scale of migration pushing Afghanistan deeper into crisis, the UN refugee agency said Friday
GENEVA: Nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned from Pakistan and Iran this year, with the speed and scale of migration pushing Afghanistan deeper into crisis, the UN refugee agency said Friday.
“So far this year, nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan. These arrivals come on top of already unprecedented returns — 2.9 million people in 2025, bringing the total to some 5.4 million since October 2023,” Arafat Jamal, the UNHCR representative to Afghanistan, told a press briefing in Geneva.
“So far this year, nearly 150,000 Afghans have returned from Iran and Pakistan. These arrivals come on top of already unprecedented returns — 2.9 million people in 2025, bringing the total to some 5.4 million since October 2023,” Arafat Jamal, the UNHCR representative to Afghanistan, told a press briefing in Geneva.
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