EU Court: Hungary Failing to Fulfil Obligation to Protect Asylum-seekers
Hungary has failed to fulfil its obligation under EU law to grant international protection to illegal migrants from third countries, the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg ruled on Thursday.
The European Commission launched an infringement procedure against Hungary over the transit zones established along its southern border and its changes to refugee procedures
in 2015. According to the EC, Hungary failed to provide guarantees against holding asylum-seekers in detention unlawfully in the transit zones as well as guarantees concerning procedures under which illegal migrants were expelled.
In its Thursday ruling,