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Hungarian NGOs protest against upcoming xenophobic referendum

16th September 2016 | News

On 2 October, Hungarian citizens will vote in a referendum on the following question: “Do you want the EU to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens to Hungary without the approval of the National Assembly?” The government has spent over 10...

AIDA report: Admissibility, responsibility and safety in European asylum procedures

9th September 2016 | News

A report launched this week by the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), managed by ECRE, documents the limited and fragmented application of admissibility and safe country concepts in 20 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Spain, France,...

Hungary: Latest amendments legalise extrajudicial push-back of asylum-seekers

7th July 2016 | News

Worrying amendments to the Hungarian Asylum Act and the Act on the State Border entered into force on 5 July. According to the new changes, Hungarian police are now allowed to automatically push back asylum seekers who are apprehended on Hungarian territory within 8...

Worsening conditions for refugees in Hungary

17th June 2016 | News

On 15 June, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee released an update on the legislative changes in Hungary, stating that due to changes adopted on 13 June whereby people who are arrested within 8 km of either the Serbian-Hungarian or the Croatian-Hungarian border will be...

Hungary to resume transfers of asylum seekers under Dublin regulation to Greece in overall climate of human rights repression

13th May 2016 | News

13 May 2016 The Hungarian Office for Immigration and Nationality has recently issued decisions ordering the transfer of asylum seekers to Greece under the Dublin III Regulation. ECRE member Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) has expressed concern regarding these...

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