Hungary: Information from 1993 on the situation of Jews
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 November 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HUN21968.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Hungary: Information from 1993 on the situation of Jews, 1 November 1995, HUN21968.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac505c.html [accessed 27 May 2023] |
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For information on Jews in Hungary in 1993 and 1994, including manifestations of anti-semitism and assessments of their situation, please consult the Antisemitism World Report attachments. For information on the desecration of Jewish cemeteries in 1993, please consult the Agence France Presse attachment of 3 May 1993 and the sixth paragraph of the second page of the Nepszabadsag attachment of 10 January 1995. For information on the attitudes and behaviour towards Jews among Hungarian neo-nazis and skinheads, please consult the Jewish Chronicle attachment of 18 February 1994.
For information on the issue of returning former Jewish property to its owners, please consult the Kossuth Radio Network attachment of 9 June 1995 and the Reuters attachment of 21 April 1994. For additional information on the situation of Hungarian Jews, please consult page 916 of Country Reports for 1994 and page 843 of Country Reports for 1995, available at Regional Documentation Centres.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Presse. 3 May 1993. Frederic Castel. "Profanation d'un cimetière juif à Tapolca (ouest de la Hongrie). (NEXIS)
Antisemitism World Report 1995. 1995. London: Institute of Jewish Affairs, pp. 146-49.
Antisemitism World Report 1994. 1994. London: Institute of Jewish Affairs, pp. 102-06.
Jewish Chronicle [Yonkers, NY]. 18 February 1994. Adam Lellor. "Skinhead Groups on the Rise in Hungary," p. 2.
Kossuth Radio Network [Budapest, in Hungarian]. 9 June 1995. "Horn Denies Promise to Return Assets to Jews." (FBIS-EEU-95-112 12 June 1995, p. 25)
Nepszabadsag [Budapest, in Hungarian]. 10 January 1995. Judit Ujvari. "Growing Support for Skinheads Seen in Schools." (FBIS-EEU-95-038 27 Feb. 1995, pp. 38-39)
Reuters. 21 April 1994. BC Cycle. "Jews Reach Restitution Pacts in Hungary, Slovakia." (NEXIS)
