Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 July 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.
The Black Box of Nationality
The naturalisation of refugees and stateless persons in Hungary
Hungary: Latest amendments “legalise” extrajudicial push-back of asylum-seekers, in violation of EU and international law
The latest amendments to the Asylum Act and the Act on State Border entered into force today, 5 July 2016. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee’s brief information update analyses the potential dangers and the immediate consequences … Read more
The Reception Infrastructure for Asylum-Seekers in Hungary
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
Hungary: Recent legal amendments further destroy access to protection
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
Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 June 2016
The HHC’s brief statistical report about the key asylum figures is available online here.
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
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
No Country for Refugees – Information Note
New asylum rules deny protection to refugees and lead to unprecedented human rights violations in Hungary
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
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.