The Modified Asylum Act in English
As of 1st January 2013 the latest modiciations of the Hungarian Asylum Act entered into force.
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.
Supreme Court’s opinion on the application of the safe third country concept
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.Gender and asylum in Hungary
A new study is available and can be downloaded.
AIDA – Asylum Information Database
HHC is taking part in the set-up of a Europe-wide, comprehensive database.
Right to asylum for unaccompanied minors in the European Union
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.
Access to protection: a human right
Bringing national and EU policies and practices in line with the obligations set out by the European instruments on human rights.
Border monitoring report 2011
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.
Serbia: Not a safe country of asylum
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.
Gender-related asylum claims in Europe
GENSEN is a project that primarily strives to enhance gender equality and provide additional safeguards for vulnerable asylum-seekers in asylum procedures conducted by European states.
The legal situation of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Europe
The project aims to assess the legal situation of separated children seeking asylum in the EU.
Return with human rights safeguards
The aim of this project to extend the knowledge of human rights regulations relating to return.
The Luxemburg Court: Conductor for a Disharmonious Orchestra?
Mapping the national impact of the four initial asylum-related judgments of the EU Court of Justice.
The 2nd French edition of the Refugee Law Reader is available
The Refugee Law Reader is a comprehensive on-line model curriculum for the study of the complex and rapidly evolving field of international refugee law.
Expulsion and Human rights
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee has updated and expanded its 2009 publication “Human rights and expulsion”.
Human rights and international migration
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee together with UNHCR, Cordelia Foundation and the Police have published a training material for the Police Academy summarizing the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers under the return procedure.
The 6th edition of the Refugee Law Reader is available
We are pleased to announce today the launch of three updated and expanded editions of The Refugee Law Reader: the Sixth Edition in English, the Second Edition in French, and the First Edition in Russian.
Family reunification of Somali refugees in Hungary
In recent years, Somali refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection who have been granted protection in Hungary have faced insurmountable difficulties when trying to be reunited with their family members in Hungary.
Access to protection jeopardised
Information note on the treatment of Dublin returnees in Hungary
Knowledge-based harmonisation of European asylum practices
The European Union has created the most complex legal regime for refugees in the world but the harmonisation process of this wide-reaching Community legislation has been arduously slow.
Access to Territory and Asylum Procedure in Hungary 2010
This report summarizes the experiences gathered in 2010 in the course of the project “Asylum Seekers’ Access to Territory and Asylum Procedure in the Republic of Hungary”.