The EC against Hungary's asylum policy will turn to the EU Court of Justice

On Thursday, the European Commission (EC) announced that it would turn against Hungary in the European Union (EU) Court, challenging the asylum and refugee arrangements. expulsion from Budapest with the block rules.

This is the third and last stage of the EC legal proceedings against Hungary in December 2015. At the same time, the EC has proposed a new infringement procedure against Budapest in relationship with the recent Hungarian law that criminalizes the provision of badistance to illegal immigrants and known as the law on the suspension of Soros.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Hungary accuses Hungary of refusing access to the asylum procedure for illegal immigrants

Hungarian asylum applications are accepted only in " transit centers "established at the border where illegal immigrants must stay for more than four weeks. with the right of the EU. "The Commission considers that the indefinite detention of asylum seekers in transit areas, in violation of the applicable procedural safeguards, constitutes a violation of European rules," states the EC declaration

. country or a transit country. At the same time, the EC has condemned Hungary for its so-called Soros suspension law, which aims to restrict the activities of NGOs funded by US financier George Soros.

One of the most controversial provisions of this law provides for the criminal liability of illegal immigrants. NGO workers and activists for "support for illegal immigration" are threatened with a one-year prison sentence. The EC has indicated that this law deprives asylum seekers of the right to contact national and international NGOs.

Brussels reported that the law has introduced new criteria for filing asylum applications that restrict the rights of illegal immigrants. Budapest has two months to respond to EC criticism.