Hungary / open camps to be closed,all asylum seekers to be detained

Dear all,

The Hungarian government announced today that they have decided to start 
detaining all asylum seekers again - so basically completely do away 
with the open camps.

There's no draft legislation we can read yet, but they are completely 
mixing up their own legislative terminology . Will share with you the 
details (max. length etc.) as soon as we have any.

Basically this means that more people will also receive a status in 
Hungary as they cannot abscond, and if they seek asylum elsewhere after 
they face bilateral deportation back to Hungary. This is already 
happening and is a huge issue, but will in all likelihood be even a 
bigger issue.

Of anyone has expertise/knowledge on successful cases in Western Europe 
where people granted a status elsewhere have been granted another one, 
please contact us.


Best,
Annastiina / Migszol