Monitoring the Situation of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in Hungary
New report on the situation unaccompanied asylum seeking minors.
Category: Our reports and analyses
Hungary: Government’s New Asylum Bill on Collective Push-backs and Automatic Detention
On 14 February, the Hungarian government has submitted to Parliament a package of amendments to five acts. These proposed legal changes, which are extreme and flagrant violations of European Union asylum law and European and … Read more
Hungary: Key asylum figures as of 10 February 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Pushed Back at the Door
The report ‘Pushed Back at the Door’ presents the situation asylum-seekers often face at the eastern borders of the EU. The picture shown of Europe’s response to the biggest humanitarian crisis since the Second World … Read more
Investigation of Ill-treatment by the Police in Europe – Comparative Study of Seven EU Countries
Ill-treatment has been prohibited by international and regional instruments and conventions for many decades. Yet torture and other forms of inhuman or degrading treatment at the hands of state officials, and particularly those engaged in … Read more
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 January 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 December 2016
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Hungary: Update on Dublin Transfers
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s brief information update provides an overview on the application of the Dublin III regulation in relation to Hungary. Among others, the update includes a summary of three cases in which the … Read more
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 November 2016
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Hungary: Key asylum figures as of 1 October 2016
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 September 2016
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Research Report on the Accessiblity of Letters of Rights in Hungary
Do defendants with no legal background understand their rights in criminal procedure? Do they know that they have the right to remain silent? Are they aware of what remaining in silence means in practice? In … Read more
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 August 2016
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Submissions to the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Justice on prison overcrowding
In its March 2015 judgment issued in the Varga and Others v. Hungary case, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) concluded that the overcrowding of penitentiaries in Hungary constitutes a structural problem, and Hungary … Read more
Hungary: Access Denied
The latest amendments to the Asylum Act and the Act on State Border entered into force on 5 July 2016. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s brief information update provides a summary of their implementation and practical … Read more
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 July 2016
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
The Black Box of Nationality
The naturalisation of refugees and stateless persons in Hungary
Hungary: Latest amendments “legalise” extrajudicial push-back of asylum-seekers, in violation of EU and international law
The latest amendments to the Asylum Act and the Act on State Border entered into force today, 5 July 2016. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s brief information update analyses the potential dangers and the immediate consequences … Read more
The Reception Infrastructure for Asylum-Seekers in Hungary
A brief information note by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee on the reception infrastructure and conditions for asylum-seekers in Hungary for the Seminar on the Right to Asylum in Europe – Models and Challenges in the … Read more
Hungary: Recent legal amendments further destroy access to protection
Recognised refugees are potentially forced to homelessness and destitution 30 days after status recognition, as all integration support is cancelled and access to state-run health care is curbed. Asylum-seeking children are deprived of school enrollment … Read more