Foreign ministry calls on Hungarians to leave Lebanon

The foreign ministry is calling on Hungarian citizens to leave Lebanon in the current war situation, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

The site of an Israeli missile impact in the Dahiye neighbourhood of the Lebanese capital on 2 October 2024. Photo: MTI/AP/Haszan Ammar

In the coming period, in case of an emergency, the embassy will be able to help most quickly those Hungarians who register for consular protection, the statement added.

Registration can be made online at https://konzinfo.mfa.gov.hu.

“We highly recommend that everyone leave the country without delay with any commercial flights that still operate and to encourage those compatriots who are on temporary stay to do the same,” the statement said.

The ministry also recommends that people regularly consult the consular service’s website which offers continually updated travel advice and download the Konzinfo Utazom mobile app for up-to-date information.

Official: Hungary grants emergency aid for internally displaced people in Lebanon

The government is providing 100,000 euros in emergency aid through the Hungary Helps humanitarian programme for helping internally displaced people in Lebanon, the state secretary for aiding persecuted Christians said on Wednesday.

Hungary is following with concern the escalation in the Middle East which is now expanding into southern Lebanon, Tristan Azbej said in a video on Facebook.

“Our Lebanese partners are reporting a deepening crisis in the country: hundreds of thousands are fleeing to the north, leaving their homes behind,” Azbej said. “Their accommodation has not been resolved, with masses of people having to stay in the open air without supplies, medicine or food. Many in Lebanon are in a critical situation.”

He said the government was responding to the situation by extending 100,000 euros in emergency aid through the Hungary Helps Programme.

“This is how the Hungarian government is contributing to the protection of internally displaced people in Lebanon through the Lebanon branch of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and other Christian organisations,” the state secretary said.

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