NGOs oppose the immigration detention of children
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee, the Hungarian Red Cross and Menedék – the Hungarian Association for Migrants epxress their deepest concerns regarding the immigration detention of children.
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.
HHC opinion on draft bill to amend migration laws
Supreme Court: persons with subsidiary protection have the same right to family reunification as refugees
Bolbol v. BÁH
C-31/09
End of the Dubliners project – final conference in Rome
The results of the Dubliners project (link to the project) were presented at the final conference in Rome. Officials from Sweden, Hungary and Italy, and representatives of partner NGOs highlighted the difficulties in the application of the Dublin regulation.
Unlawful and inhuman repatriation of children of unknown nationality
Series of articles on statelessness
A series of articles on the phenomenon of statelessness (written by Noémi Ivicsics, intern at the Hungarian Helsinki Committee) has been published on the Hungarian world news and foreign policy website, Kitekintő.
The European Court of Human Rights suspends return of seriously ill Afghan minor asylum seeker from Hungary to Greece under the Dublin Regulation
The European Court of Human Rights requested the Hungarian government to suspend the return of an unaccompanied 16-yar old Afghan asylum seeker to Greece under the Dublin Regulation on Friday, 26 February.
Greek asylum procedure violates EU-law
European refugee organisations file complaint with the European Commission.
European call against forced returns to Afghanistan
France Terre d’Asile launches a European call against forced returns to Afghanistan.
Asylum Seekers’ Access to Territory and to the Asylum Procedure in the Republic of Hungary – Report on the Border Monitoring Program’s First Year (2009)
Publisher: Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2008 ISBN: 978-963-87757-7-1
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.
International Refugee Day
Asylum seeker from Tibet recognised as refugee by Metropolitan Court
A 5-step agenda for better protecting stateless persons in Europe
After five decades of neglect, Europe is urged to respect its international obligations and provide stateless persons with a meaningful protection status.
Hungarian court requests a preliminary ruling from the ECJ in an asylum case
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.
Access to Protection at Airports in Europe (2008)
Report on the monitoring experience at airports in Amsterdam, Budapest, Madrid, Prague, Vienna and Warsaw Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2008 ISBN: 978 963 86959 9 4
Submissions to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
Comments of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee: The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s comments to the Third Report on Hungary by ECRI (26 March 2008) The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s comments regarding the developments following the Second Report on Hungary by ECRI … Read more
Country Information in Asylum Procedures – Quality as a Legal Requirement in the EU (2007)
Author: Gábor Gyulai Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2007 ISBN: 978-963-87757-0-2
Detention of Asylum-Seekers in Hungary – Legal framework and practice (2007)
Author: Júlia Mink Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2007