Hungary broke EU law on treatment and processing of migrants, says top European court’s advocate general

The EU’s advocate

The EU’s advocate general has delivered a damming opinion on Hungary’s treatment and processing of migrants following its 2018 reforms, noting that Budapest failed to fulfill its obligations under European law.

“By imposing criminal penalties on organizing activities intended to enable persons to initiate the international protection procedure who do not fulfill the national criteria for the grant of that protection, Hungary has failed to fulfill its obligations under EU law,” the European Court of Justice’s advocate general said in a statement on Thursday.

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