EU court urged to rule against Hungary s asylum policy
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Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, right, and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during a news conference at a meeting marking 30 years of central Europe s informal body of cooperation called the Visegrad Group, at a conference center in Krakow, Poland, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
BUDAPEST – The advocate general for European Union s highest court on Thursday urged the court to rule that Hungary violated the bloc s laws on asylum when it passed legislation narrowing the possibilities for asylum-seekers to receive international protection.
By Sertan Sanderson Published on : 2021/02/26
A top EU lawyer has delivered yet another blow to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the policies of his administration. The lawyer said that the country s criminalization of individuals or groups who helped migrants stood at odds with EU law.
Advocate General Athanasios Rantos at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that a number of Hungarian anti-migrant laws amounted to an unjustified obstacle to the exercise of the rights guaranteed by the EU legislation concerning assistance for applicants for international assistance.
Rantos has urged the court to follow his opinion. Although in practice the ECJ often follows the opinions of its advocate generals, the court is under no obligation to do so.
The advocate general for European Union’s highest court on Thursday urged the court to rule that Hungary violated the bloc’s laws on asylum when it passed legislation narrowing the possibilities for…
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