Orban’s Policy of Thwarting Asylum Access Breaks EU Law
- EU top court gives binding ruling on Hungary’s asylum policy
- Hungary closed contested transit zones after May court ruling
EU judges in May ruled that Hungary can’t hold asylum seekers indefinitely in a transit area on the county’s border with Serbia.
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Hungary violates European Union law by thwarting asylum seekers, the EU’s top court said in another ruling that cuts at the heart of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s anti-immigrant policy.
Hungary has illegally detained asylum seekers and moved them to a border area, the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg said Thursday.