EU top court advised to strike down Hungary's asylum policy
Hungary has restricted access of asylum seekers and pushed most of them back to Serbia (Photo: Freedom House)
Brussels, 26. Feb, 07:05
The advisor to the EU's top court urged judges to rule that Hungary broke EU rules on asylum when it passed legislation criminalising assistance to asylum-seekers.
The advocate general for the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Athanasios Rantos, on Thursday also said that the 2018 amendments to Hungary's asylum laws, prohibiting asylum-seekers who passed through safe countries - such as Serbia - en route to Hungary to seek international protection, also violated EU law.