Hungary

Country Report

Country Report: Hungary Last updated: 16/05/25

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This report was written by Katalin Juhász, Gruša Matevžič, Petrov Katarina and Zsolt Szekeres of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC). The initial report and all previous updates were written by the HHC. The report was edited by ECRE.

The information for the 2024 update is obtained from the interviews with the HHC staff and contracted attorneys, UNHCR, as well as from questionnaires submitted to the Hungarian authorities and Hungarian civil and church organizations, i.e., Cordelia Foundation, Evangelical Luhteran Diakonia, Jesuit Refugee Service, Menedék Hungarian Association for Migrants, and from available reports.

Contributed information to the TPD annex: Caritas Hungarica, Cordelia Foundation, Evangelical Luhteran Diakonia, Jesuit Refugee Service, Hungarian Interchurch Aid, Hungarian Maltese Charity, Menedék Hungarian Association for Migrants.

The 2024 update to the AIDA Country Report on Hungary was shared with national authorities to provide an opportunity for comments. Feedback received was reviewed by the author and, where relevant, taken into account in the final version of the report. Any comments may be published on the AIDA website at a later stage, subject to confirmation.

 

The information in this report is up-to-date as of 31 December 2024, unless otherwise stated.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation