It announced last December the opening of an infringement procedure against Hungary concerning the country’s asylum law.

Justice Minister László Trócsányi said the complaints were of a technical nature. The EC said Hungary is not allowing full and proper appeal processes for asylum seekers.

It also raised concerns about Hungary’s handling of asylum seekers regarding their rights to translation and interpretation and another concern was that Hungary’s law on the judicial review of decisions rejecting asylum applications does not guarantee personal hearings for applicants.

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