{"id":133195,"date":"2024-08-22T07:35:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T04:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/hungary-shrugs-off-eus-concerns-over-easing-of-visa-scheme-for-russians-and-belarusians\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T07:35:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T04:35:41","slug":"hungary-shrugs-off-eus-concerns-over-easing-of-visa-scheme-for-russians-and-belarusians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/news\/hungary-shrugs-off-eus-concerns-over-easing-of-visa-scheme-for-russians-and-belarusians\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary shrugs off EU\u2019s concerns over easing of visa scheme for Russians and Belarusians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button\" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133195\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nBudapest says its National Card scheme takes EU rules and potential security risks into account. The Hungarian government has responded to Brussels\u2019 request for an explanation over its easing of entry requirements for Russian and Belarusian nationals, dismissing concerns it would undermine the security of the Schengen border-free travel zone.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter shared by the Hungarian minister for European affairs on social media channel X on Wednesday, Hungary\u2019s home affairs minister S\u00e1ndor Pint\u00e9r claims that the National Card scheme &#8211; which was recently extended to Russians and Belarusians &#8211; would be issued &#8220;in accordance with the relevant EU framework and with due consideration of the security risks involved&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hungary continues to place great emphasis on the protection of its national security and the security of the Schengen area as a whole,&#8221; Pint\u00e9r also wrote. Hungary\u2019s National Card immigration scheme &#8211; now open to Russia and Belarus as well as Ukraine and several Western Balkan countries &#8211; allows &#8220;guest workers&#8221; to stay in the country for two years, renewable by an additional three, and can pave the way to permanent residency.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, wrote to her Hungarian counterpart on August 1 expressing concerns that recent changes to the scheme could give &#8220;potential Russian spies and saboteurs easy EU access,&#8221; jeopardising the security of the passport-free Schengen zone. &#8220;If their easy access scheme is a risk, we will act,&#8221; Johansson warned in her letter.<\/p>\n<p>The bloc fears that including Russians and Belarusians in the scheme could lead to a &#8220;de facto circumvention&#8221; of the measures it has put in safe to shield itself from Russian security threats since Moscow launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022. These measures include the suspension of a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, the closure of airspace to Russian-operated flights and stringent restrictions on land travel into bordering EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>But the Hungarian government says applicants will undergo the same rigorous screening process as for other permits, pointing out that the Commission has never voiced concerns about the processes it currently has in place. It adds that Hungary is responsible for only a &#8220;fraction&#8221; of the residence permits currently issued to Russian and Belarusian nationals across the EU&#8217;s 27 member states.<\/p>\n<p>Read more&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2024\/08\/21\/hungary-shrugs-off-eus-concerns-over-easing-of-visa-scheme-for-russians-and-belarusians\">Euronews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/hungary-shrugs-off-eus-concerns-over-easing-of-visa-scheme-for-russians-and-belarusians\/\">Hungary shrugs off EU\u2019s concerns over easing of visa scheme for Russians and Belarusians<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[555,2214,588,2249],"class_list":["post-133195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-csr-news-en","tag-hungary","tag-russia","tag-visa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}