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.
Since the beginning of this spring, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has been receiving a growing number of alarming reports from asylum-seekers and various NGOs and individuals working at the Hungarian-Serbian border about serious abuses … Read more
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
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
Information leaflets for asylum seekers are available in 10 languages! The publication was supported by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They can be dowloaded here: English Arabic French Kurdish Hungarian Pashtu Persian Spanish … Read more
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
Refugees fleeing war, terror and persecution have to queue for days or weeks at the entrance of the EU, on the Serbian-Hungarian border, without food, drinking water, shelter or sanitary facilities, while Hungarian authorities arbitrarily … Read more
C-695/15
“I was detained in my home country by an unknown armed group. I was beaten in prison with my hands tied to my back and my eyes blindfolded. I didn’t know who they were. Being … Read more
As a major advocacy success for the HHC, the European Commission launched an infringement procedure against Hungary for the violation of asylum-related EU law in December, after a record fast preparatory process. The Commission’s assessment … Read more
Appl. no. 62116/12
New asylum rules deny protection to refugees and lead to unprecedented human rights violations in Hungary
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.
Asylum Act and implementing rules & National list of safe countries, August 2015
Quick fix to the myths
HHC Information Note on the changes to Asylum Act that took effect on 1 August 2015 and its expected impact
Border monitoring activities have been carried out in Hungary since 2006 under a tripartite cooperation agreement between the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the UNHCR Regional Representation and the National Police Headquarters.
Short information material for those leaving Szeged to go to a reception centre.
Information note on Hungarian government plans to breach EU asylum law and to subject asylum-seekers to massive detention and immediate deportation
Making Alternatives to Detention in Europe a Reality by Exchanges, Advocacy and Learning (September 2013 – February 2015)
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has launched the second volume of the multidisciplinary training manual “Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures”.