Europe: new report highlights increased criminalisation against migrants’ rights defenders
The demonisation of migrants is the first step leading to the attacks against those showing solidarity with them.
Tag: refugees
The man who defeated the Hungarian asylum system. Refugee status granted to Russian asylum-seeker after six years
Last week a desperate “ping-pong game” between the Hungarian asylum authority and a court in Pécs, Hungary came to an end on behalf of a man who suffered so much over years. Alexei Torubarov, who … Read more
The right to a nationality of refugee children born in the EU
The right to a nationality at birth (or soon after) is still painfully often seen as a reserved domain of state sovereignty and discretion, an approach which is incorrect in light of relevant international obligations. … Read more
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 July 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Turbulent 50 days – an update on the Hungarian asylum situation
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
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 May 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 April 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Hungary ignores interim measure granted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee
On 11 April 2017 Hungary deported a seriously traumatised Afghan asylum-seeker to Bulgaria, where had been previously ill-treated by the authorities, despite the UN Human Rights Committee requesting Hungary not to do so. The HHC’s … Read more
Hungary: Key asylum figures as of 1 March 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Draft Law Tramples Asylum Seekers’ Rights – EU Should Seek To Halt Plan to Hold Asylum Seekers in Transit Zones
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
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
Tightening criminal rules targeting refugees
As of 15 September 2015 three new provisions were introduced to the Criminal Code, which violate the human rights of the refugees concerned. Short analysis of the HHC.
HHC multidisciplinary manual on credibility assessment – second volume
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has launched the second volume of the multidisciplinary training manual “Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures”.
The Heart of the Matter – Assessing Credibility when Children Apply for Asylum in the European Union
UNHCR publication on EU state practices of credibility assessment in children´s asylum claims
Building Credibility – supporting EU-wide access to know how on objective credibility assessment
The overall goal of the “Building Credibility” project is to provide access for all stakeholders in the EU asylum sector to know-how on structured, objective and protection-oriented credibility assessment.
Information on Family Reunification of Refugees
This short handbook aims at providing refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection with necessary information in 5 languages.
Fleeing war and persecution, Forced to seek safety in a rickety boat
The launch of the report ‘Mind the Gap: An NGO perspective on Challenges to Accessing Protection in the Common European Asylum System’
Gender and asylum in Hungary
A new study is available and can be downloaded.
‘Hungary, we are tired’
Protest of the refugees from Bicske.
AIDA – Asylum Information Database
HHC is taking part in the set-up of a Europe-wide, comprehensive database.