Hungary’s Minister Proposes Speeding Up Asylum Proceedings

  • 30 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
Hungary’s Minister Proposes Speeding Up Asylum Proceedings
Interior Minister Sándor Pintér has proposed amending several laws relating to migration and asylum to parliament. The main aims of the proposed legislation are to speed up procedures for assessing the claims of asylumseekers and to turn back economic migrants as quickly as possible.

The proposal also seeks to limit the rights of those who have submitted asylum requests multiple times to stay in Hungary while their requests are being processed. Under the amendment, the current two-tier asylum process would be simplified by combining the two phases of investigating the asylum seeker’s identity into a single step.

The proceedings would last until a final decision is made on the request, meaning that the asylum-seeker would be detained during the entire process.

A new regulation allowing asylum-seekers to be questioned at the place of confinement also aims to speed up proceedings.

The law on immigration of citizens from third countries would be amended by allowing the immigration authority to demand payment equal to the costs of damage caused by migrants to the state.

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