Helsinki File: Migrant push-backs

The HHC’s input for the Special Rapporteur’s report on “Psychosocial dynamics conducive to torture and ill-treatment”

Today is World Refugee Day. Each year hundreds of thousands leave their home due to wars, hunger, torture and persecution globally. In Europe, although often perceived as a safe region, asylum-seekers are often met by … Read more

Exactly one year ago, amendments to the Hungarian asylum system came into force that drastically reduced the chances of genuine asylum-seekers to receive protection by fundamentally altering the asylum procedure. This past year saw threats … Read more

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee gave oral and written statements on the situation in Hungary at the 2018 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). On 12 September … Read more

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee was granted leave to submit a third party intervention in the case of M.H. and Others v. Croatia, app. no. 15670/18. The case concerns an Afghan family that crossed to Croatia … Read more

We put together a short document with a list of HHC publications related to key changes in the Hungarian asylum system since 2015 so that you can find the explanation of every major step easily, … Read more

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures for 2017 is available online here.

The HHC’s new Information Note summarizes the changes that took place since Fall 2015 in the field of asylum and shows how these changes have erected, step-by-step, a new wall around Hungary.

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

Fifty days after the latest legal changes entered into force on 28 March 2017, it transpires that the Hungarian asylum system has been reduced to the bare minimum through legislative and administrative measures. The HHC’s … Read more

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The law XX of 2007 on the amendment of certain acts to tighten the procedures conducted on the border entered into force today, on 28 March 2017. The law has been heavily criticised by human … Read more

The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.

The Hungarian government continued its harsh anti-refugee policies in 2016. The legislative and policy changes implemented during 2016 were all in line with the Hungarian government’s aims and intentions to dismantle the country’s asylum system … Read more

The unofficial translation of the Bill “on the amendment of certain acts related to strengthening the procedure conducted in the guarded border area”, adopted on 7 March 2017 is available online here. Please note that … Read more

A draft bill proposed by the Hungarian government would allow the authorities to automatically detain asylum seekers in transit zones and to summarily return asylum seekers to the Serbian border from anywhere in Hungary, Human … Read more