Countries
1: Africa.
2: Americas.
3: Asia-Pacific.
4: Europe.
- 4.1: Belgium.
- 4.2: Bulgaria.
- 4.3: Cyprus.
- 4.4: Czech Republic.
- 4.5: Denmark.
- 4.6: Estonia.
- 4.7: Finland.
- 4.8: France.
- 4.9: Greece.
- 4.10: Hungary.
  - 4.10.1: Introduction.
  - 4.10.2: List of Detention Sites.
  - 4.10.3: Map of Detention Sites.
  - 4.10.4: Country Links.
  - 4.10.5: Reference List.
- 4.11: Ireland.
- 4.12: Italy.
- 4.13: Latvia.
- 4.14: Lithuania.
- 4.15: Luxembourg.
- 4.16: Malta.
- 4.17: Netherlands.
- 4.18: Norway.
- 4.19: Poland.
- 4.20: Portugal.
- 4.21: Romania.
- 4.22: Slovakia.
- 4.23: Slovenia.
- 4.24: Spain.
- 4.25: Sweden.
- 4.26: Switzerland.
- 4.27: Turkey.
- 4.28: Ukraine.
- 4.29: United Kingdom.
5: Middle East .

Quick Facts

Dedicated immigration detention facilities: 4 (2010)

Secure asylum reception centres: 1 (2010)

Detention capacity at four dedicated facilities: 287 (2010)

Maximum length of detention: 6 months

Total immigrant apprehensions: 8,779 (2007)

Asylum seekers: 4,670 (2009)

Number of expulsions: 1,251 (2008)

Est. undocumented population: 30,000 to 50,000 (2007)

Country Links

Government Agencies

International Organisations

NGOs and Research Institutions

Media

Last updated: April 2010

Hungary Detention Profile

Map of "In Use" Detention Sites

For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

Disclaimer | Sources | Categories

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

Demjén, Péter (Office of Immigration and Nationality). 2010. Email message to Alex MacKinnon (Global Detention Project). 9 April 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
European Refugee Fund (ERF). 2007. Country Report: Hungary. May 2007. http://www.proasyl.de/fileadmin/proasyl/fm_redakteure/INFORMATIONEN/ICF/Laenderberichte/4.Hungary_200705.pdf (accessed 26 February 2010).
Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC). 2009. Briefing paper for the periodic visit to Hungary by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). Hungarian Helsinki Committee. February 2009. http://helsinki.hu/dokumentum/HHC_briefing_paper_CPT_periodic_visit_2009_web.pdf (accessed 2 February 2010).
Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC). 2008a. Asylum Seekers’ Access to Territory and to the Asylum Procedure in the Republic of Hungary: Report on the Border Monitoring Program’s First Year in 2007. Hungarian Helsinki Committee. December 2008. http://helsinki.webdialog.hu/dokumentum/Border_Monitoring_Report_2007_ENG_FINAL.pdf (accessed 26 February 2010).
Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC). 2007. “Hungary.” In Civil society Report on Administrative Detention of Asylum Seekers and Irregular Migrants in Europe: Common Position of JRS in Europe. Edited by the Jesuit Refugee Services – Europe. December 2007. http://www.jrseurope.org/publications/Final%20Report%2010%20NMS%20Dec%2007.pdf (accessed 2 February 2010).
Iván, Júlia (Hungarian Helsinki Committee). 2010. Email message to Alex MacKinnon (Global Detention Project). 1 April 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
Szobolits, Andrea. 2008. “New Camp Setup in Hungary sends Refugees on the Move.” United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 30 January 2008. http://www.unhcr-budapest.org/index.php/component/content/article/19-news/84-new-camp-setup-in-hungary?directory=4 (accessed 9 February 2010).
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 2009a. 2008 Report on Age, Gender, Diversity Mainstreaming (AGDM): Being a Refugee: How Refugees and Asylum Seekers Experience Life in Central Europe. UNHCR. July 2009. http://www.unhcr-budapest.org/images/stories/news/docs/08_Reception%20conditions/8_1_AGDM%20report%202008_REG/UNHCR-AGDM_report_2008-ENG.pdf (accessed 1 April 2010).