CoE commissioner calls on Hungary to refrain from arbitrary removal of refugees
The Hungarian authorities should refrain from arbitrary removals of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants to Serbia and ensure access to a fair and effective asylum procedure, Dunja Mijatovic, human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe, said on Wednesday.
In a submission to the CoE Committee of Ministers concerning the expulsion of two individuals to Serbia, the commissioner said that “access to asylum and to any form of international protection in Hungary has become virtually impossible due to multiple measures taken by the Government since 2015. In addition, the number of forced removals to Serbia has increased significantly, with over 75,000 reported cases in 2022 alone. Allegations of ill-treatment and disproportionate use of force applied in the context of these removals persist.”
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Mijatovic said policies and practices related to asylum and removal procedures in Hungary remained characterised by a lack of safeguards stipulated by the relevant international agreements.
In her opinion, the Hungarian authorities should undertake fundamental and far-reaching measures to bring the asylum system in line with the country’s international human rights and refugee protection obligations.
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Source: MTI
COe commissioner should shut up. The commissioner cannot guarantee that the illegal migrants will be law abiding and hardworking citizens. Hungary does not want the lawbreaking migrants. The young man should work hard in their countries to improve the life of citizens in their own country instead of becoming a burden on the EU taxpayers. Hungary should do its best to keep out or deport all illegals.
@mariavontheresa – we don’t (yet) live in a dictatorship and therefore have to abide by rules … So – there’s a legal process to ascertain if someone is a refugee, asylum seeker (yes – there’s a difference between the two) or an economic migrant.
Believe it or not – you cannot tell by sex or skin colour which is which. Hence the formal process, it is a human rights thing!
We could of course just denounce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol and the European Union stuff we signed up for (including the Common European Asylum System – https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/common-european-asylum-system_en) – however that would probably not be such a great move