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.
As part of the CREDO project, the International Association of Refugee Law Judges published a pioneering guidance document designed for judges and all other relevant decision-makers active in the field of asylum.
Tourpikay Quadery fled Afghanistan as a young widow with four small children. She arrived here 20 years ago, she became a Hungarian citizen 12 years ago. Today she works as a school secretary in Csepel and also as an official interpreter. Her moving life story is a real Women’s Day gift for all of us.
New research shows that the system continues to violate the rights of refugees.
As of 1st January 2013 the latest modiciations of the Hungarian Asylum Act entered into force.
HHC is taking part in the promotion and pooling of best practices regarding the protection of vulnerable groups.
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The Supreme Court of Hungary (Kúria) issued an official opinion on 10 December 2012 in order to promote a
harmonised practice at Hungarian courts regarding the application of the safe third country concept in asylum
cases.
A new study is available and can be downloaded.
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Protest of the refugees from Bicske.
The project is about to create a multilingual online database of case summaries interpreting refugee and asylum law of 17 EU Member States.
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HHC is taking part in the set-up of a Europe-wide, comprehensive database.
Report on the main shortcomings in national asylum systems regarding unaccompanied minors and on recommendations towards member states to better respect separated children’s right to asylum.
Bringing national and EU policies and practices in line with the obligations set out by the European instruments on human rights.
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the National Police Headquarters and the UNHCR Regional Representation in Central Europe present their annual report on border monitoring activities carried out in 2011.
The HHC ensures access to effective, free-of-charge legal counselling and representation at all places (reception centres, community shelters, alien policing jails) where persons in need of international protection are accommodated or detained in Hungary.
Ensuring access to the territory and to the asylum procedure for persons in need of international protection.
In our latest report, we analysed the functioning of the Serbian asylum system again, with special focus on the application of the “safe third country” concept in Hungary and the possible consequences of returning rejected asylum seekers to Serbia.
The Dublin system increases pressures on the border regions of the EU, where states are often least able to offer asylum seekers support and protection.