The European Union executive on Thursday took Hungary to court over a law that makes it a crime to help asylum seekers, the latest in many running ...
BRUSSELS: The European Union executive on Thursday took Hungary to court over a law that makes it a crime to help asylum seekers, the latest in many running battles between Brussels and Budapest on migration, human rights and democracy.
"The Hungarian legislation curtails asylum applicants' right to communicate with and be assisted by relevant national, international and non-governmental organisations by criminalising support to asylum applications," the Commission said. FILE PHOTO: Migrants wait in the transit zone where their asylum claims are processed in Tompa, Hungary, on Jun 14, 2017. The court case could lead to hefty fines for Hungary, where the EU has tried in vain to stop Prime Minister Viktor Orban tightening restrictions on media, academics and critical non-governmental groups in recent years.
The feuds over migration and democratic standards have isolated the eastern states, who were left out in this month's carve-up of top EU jobs.
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