Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 June 2016
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures 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.
Refugees stranded at the Serbian-Hungarian border
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
Mirza v. BÁH
C-695/15
From Torture to Detention: Torture Survivor Asylum-Seekers Face Detention instead of Rehabilitation in Hungary
“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
EC: Hungarian asylum law incompatible with EU norms
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
Nabil and Others v. Hungary
Appl. no. 62116/12
No Country for Refugees – Information Note
New asylum rules deny protection to refugees and lead to unprecedented human rights violations in Hungary
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.
Latest text of Asylum Law and rules
Asylum Act and implementing rules & National list of safe countries, August 2015
Facts & Figures on Immigration and Asylum in Hungary (7 August 2015)
Quick fix to the myths
New asylum rules endanger access to protection
HHC Information Note on the changes to Asylum Act that took effect on 1 August 2015 and its expected impact
Report on border monitoring activities in 2014
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.
New information for refugees!
Short information material for those leaving Szeged to go to a reception centre.
Information note: Government plans to breach EU asylum law
Information note on Hungarian government plans to breach EU asylum law and to subject asylum-seekers to massive detention and immediate deportation
MADE REAL, project on alternatives to detention
Making Alternatives to Detention in Europe a Reality by Exchanges, Advocacy and Learning (September 2013 – February 2015)
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”.
Summary Conclusions of the Expert Roundtable on Credibility Assessment in Asylum Procedures
The aim of the meeting was to explore in more depth a number of aspects and issues related to credibility assessment that were identified through the CREDO projects as requiring further examination, both from a doctrinal/legal point of view and in terms of their application in practice.
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
“Disrupted Flight – The Realities of Separated Refugee Families in the EU
New report on the implementation of the right to family reunification for people in need of international protection in the European Union.
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.