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Thousands in Hungary rally to support gov’t before elections

Tuesday’s ‘Peace March’ took place before next month’s parliamentary elections and amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Anti-migrant town welcomes Ukrainian refugees in Hungary

Beregsurany residents, who tend to support Hungary’s anti-migrant policies, open their doors to Ukrainians.

Ukrainian refugees in Hungary's border town of Beregsurány

Hungary’s Orban defends response to Ukraine war refugees

PM, who has been criticised for hardline border policies, says ‘migrants will be stopped, refugees can get all help’.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks to the media as he visits the Ukraine-Hungary border

People of colour struggle to escape Russian invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine rejects claims of discrimination by border guards and says it operates on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

Nigerian Students in Zahony

Ukrainian refugees stream into Hungary amid Russian assault

More than 85,000 people have crossed into Hungary since Russia invaded Ukraine, as refugees receive a warm welcome.

Anastasia Natalia and Kristina Zahony

Ukraine crisis ‘very sensitive’ for Russia-backed breakaway state

Internationally recognised as part of Moldova, Transnistria is home to Russian troops and lies on Ukraine’s border.

Local residents look at a banner on the Operational Group of Russian Forces headquarters in Tiraspol

The Albanian tourist town that welcomed Afghan refugees

Amid the kitsch hotels and eerie off-season silence, a new community is adjusting to life outside their homeland.

A replica of the Statue of Liberty in Shengjin, an Albanian tourist resort town that has become a temporary home to Afghan refugees trying to reach Canada and the US [Amanda Coakley/Al Jazeera]

Amid stigma in Croatia, volunteers support women having abortions

While terminating a pregnancy is legal in Croatia, access to abortion is becoming increasingly challenging.

Women rights activists attend a counter-protest to the anti-abortion March for Life in 2019 [File: AFP]