Cooperation Agreement with the Office of Immigration and Nationality
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Office of Immigration and Nationality signed a Cooperation Agreement on 22 June 2009.
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.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee and the Office of Immigration and Nationality signed a Cooperation Agreement on 22 June 2009.
After five decades of neglect, Europe is urged to respect its international obligations and provide stateless persons with a meaningful protection status.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s attorney, Gábor Győző is representing a Palestinian asylum seeker before the Metropolitan Court in Budapest (Fővárosi Bíróság) in an asylum case concerning the applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Refugee Convention.
Author: Júlia Mink
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2007
Author: Gábor Gyulai
Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2007