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 .

Hungary Profile

List of Detention Sites

Map of Detention Sites

Hungary Detention Profile 2010

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)

Last updated: April 2010

Hungary Detention Profile

Reference List

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Act LXXX of 2007 on Asylum. Act LXXX of 2007. 25 June 2007. http://helsinki.hu/dokumentum/Act_LXXX_of_2007_on_Asylum.pdf (accessed 2 February 2010).
Act XXXIX of 2001 on the Entry and Stay of Foreigners. Act XXXIX of 2001. 29 May 2001. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ed4ba334.html (accessed 2 February 2010).
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).
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Futo, Peter. 2008. Undocumented Migration: Counting the Uncountable: Data and Trends Across Europe: Hungary. Clandestino Project. November 2008. http://clandestino.eliamep.gr/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/clandestino_report_hungary_final_3.pdf (accessed 26 February 2010).
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Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC). 2008b. Asylum in Hungary: A guide for foreigners who need protection. Hungarian Helsinki Committee. http://helsinki.webdialog.hu/dokumentum/Asylum_in_Hungary_info_leaflet_2008_English.pdf (accessed 10 March 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).
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Mink, Julia. 2007. Detention of Asylum-Seekers in Hungary: Legal Framework and Practice. Hungarian Helsinki Committee. 2007. http://helsinki.webdialog.hu/dokumentum/Detention_of_Asylum-Seekers_in_Hungary.pdf (accessed 26 February 2010).
Office of Immigration and Nationality (OIN). 2009. Statistical Figures: 2004-2008. Office of Immigration and Nationality. http://www.bmbah.hu/statisztikak_ENG_42.xls (accessed 26 February 2010).
Pardavi, Márta (Hungarian Helsinki Committee). 2010. Interview by Alex MacKinnon. Phone conversation. 14 April 2010. Global Detention Project. Geneva, Switzerland.
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Szigo, Timea. 2007. Reception Conditions and the Impact of the EU Directive in Hungary. Hungarian Helsinki Committee. May 2007. http://pomocprawna.home.pl/dosciagniecia/ICF/9Slovakia.pdf (accessed 2 February 2010).
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). 2010. Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries: 2009. UNHCR. March 2010. http://www.unhcr.org/4ba7341a9.html (accessed 5 April 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).
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