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After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many Roma from Ukraine's Transcarpathia region fled for neighboring Hungary. With unclear legal status, many were denied the rights of other refugees, and ended up in mass shelters. Now with the help of Hungarian grassroots groups some are rebuilding their lives.
The first trains with refugees from Ukraine have arrived at Budapest's Nyugati station, while more and more refugees are arriving at Keleti station too.
Hungary's government spars with mayor over homeless hospital JUSTIN SPIKE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 14 1of14Patients sit outside the hospital for the homeless in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. A bitter conflict has emerged between Hungary’s right-wing government and the liberal leadership of the country's capital city over a hospital for the homeless that may soon have to close. The Budapest hospital provides medical and social services and shelter to more than 1,000 people annually. But the Hungarian government has ordered it to vacate the state-own...