Hungary: Key Asylum Figures for 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures for 2017 is available online here.
Topic: Refugee and migrant rights
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 refusal, detention and expulsion.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee works towards providing effective assistance to those fleeing to Hungary.
Partial success in the “National Consultation” lawsuit
A final order of the court required the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister to suspend the distribution of the “National Consultation questionnaires” by post and online, at least the part that refers to the … Read more
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 December 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 November 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
The Helsinki Committee filed a lawsuit against the government for the “National Consultation”
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee went to court on 1 October 2017 because of the misleading statements of the “National Consultation questionnaire” that misrepresent facts. HHC wants the court to establish that the statements in the … Read more
Authorities terminated cooperation agreements with the HHC
Authorities terminated cooperation agreements with the Hungarian Helsinki Committee and denied access to police detention, prisons and immigration detention after two decades of cooperation and 2000+ visits. The HHC can no longer monitor human rights … Read more
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 October 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
The Red Line Project
The objective of the Red Line detention project (2017-2019) was to document and raise awareness of how EU states’ border “reception” procedures are increasingly used for the detention of asylum seekers. The project received … Read more
Two Years After
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.
ACESO – Access to early protection and rehabilitation services right on arrival in the EU
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee implemented the ACESO project between April 2015 and May 2017. Together with the Cordelia Foundation, the Croatian Law Centre, the Foundation for Access to Rights, the Assistance Centre for Torture Survivors … Read more
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 September 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Minimum standards required in the transit zones on the Hungarian land borders
Since 28 March 2017 all asylum-seekers, with the only exception of unaccompanied minors under 14, are held in the closed transit zones for the entirety of their asylum procedure. That placement in the transit zone … Read more
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 August 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
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.
Helping the most vulnerable
A project supported by the International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 June 2017
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Interim measures granted in cases against Hungary until May 2017
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s information update provides an overview of the interim measures granted by the European Court of Human Rights or the United Nations Human Rights Committee in applications against Hungary between January and … Read more
Unidentified and Unattended
New study on vulnerable asylum-seekers in Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
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