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CASE OF ILIAS AND AHMED v. HUNGARY (Application no. 47287/15) (Grand Chamber)
The Court found in particular that the Hungarian authorities had failed in their duty under Article 3 to assess the risks of the applicants not having proper access to asylum proceedings in Serbia or being subjected to chain-refoulement, which could have seen them being sent to Greece, where conditions in refugee camps had already been found to be in violation of Article 3. In a development of its case-law, it held that Article 5 was not applicable to the applicants’ case as there had been no de facto deprivation of liberty in the transit zone. Among other things, the Court found that the applicants had entered the transit zone of their own initiative and it had been possible in practice for them to return to Serbia, where they had not faced any danger to their life or health. Their fears of a lack of access to Serbia’s asylum system or of refoulement to Greece, as expressed under Article 3, had not been enough to make their stay in the transit zone involuntary. 21 November 2019 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rejection at border - Right to liberty and security - Safe third country - Transit | Countries: Bangladesh - Greece - Hungary - North Macedonia - Serbia - Türkiye |
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Submission by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the case of Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary (Application No. 47287/15) before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights
8 January 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae |
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Border fences and internal border controls in Europe (March 2017)
3 April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps |
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Hungary stoops to new low with plan to round up asylum seekers in container camp
10 February 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News |
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Stranded Hope: Hungary's Sustained Attack on the Rights of Refugees and Migrants
27 September 2016 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports |
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Hungary: Failing to Protect Vulnerable Refugees
20 September 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |
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UNHCR concerned Hungary pushing asylum seekers back to Serbia
15 July 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Hungary: Migrants Abused at the Border
13 July 2016 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country News |
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Fearing rejection in Hungary's cold comfort transit zones
7 June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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Fear and Fences: Europe's Approach to Keeping Refugees at Bay
17 November 2015 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country Reports |
