InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/03/15 UNHCR has expressed concerns over a recent decision by the Hungarian government that "restricts access to asylum" in the country and has asked the government to ensure the rights of asylum seekers to enter the country and request protection. The UN refugee agency UNHCR "deplores the recent decision of the Hungarian government to extend a decree that authorizes the police to automatically and summarily remove anyone intercepted for irregular entry and stay," it said in a statement issued on March 10. The UN agency underscored that, as a result of this decision, "people who may be in need of international protection are denied access to territory and asylum procedures. Since 2016, the Hungarian authorities have forcibly removed more than 71,000 people."