Greek asylum procedure violates EU-law
European refugee organisations file complaint with the European Commission.
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.
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
Forgotten without Reason – Protection of Non-Refugee Stateless Persons in Central Europe (2007)
Author: Gábor Gyulai Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2007
Report to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT)
Documents related to the Fourth Periodic Report of Hungary
The Defendant: the State – The Story of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Author: András Mink Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest, 2005 ISBN: 963 86959 1 9