Migszol supports the full inclusion of anyone in society regardless of their immigration status, and demands to take the necessary steps to reach that goal. We want to live in a society where people seeking protection are not separated, where they can live in apartments, can have the same conditions, circumstances as citizens of the country do. That means, we do not support the idea that people should have to live in camps at all during their asylum procedure let alone for years after they were granted asylum.
The Bicske reception center will be closed by the government by the end of 2016. Migszol is very angry and frustrated about that. This is why: Migszol supports the full inclusion of anyone in society regardless of their immigration status, and demands to take the necessary steps to reach that goal. We want to live in a society where people seeking protection are not separated, where they can live in apartments, can have the same conditions, circumstances as citizens of the country do. That means, we do not support the idea that people should have to live in camps at all during their asylum procedure let alone for years after they were granted asylum. But in the current situation, we find ourselves wishing that the old camps remain open. Despite our criticism of putting people in camps and the conditions there, we are afraid that closing the camps at this point would even worsen the situation for people seeking protection Hungary.
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Thousands of people are stuck in Serbia, the Hungarian court equates Islam with terrorism14/11/2016 This is an update on asylum- and migration-related developments in Hungary from October. For the decreased numbers of asylum seekers, see the numbers released by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee. For legal information for people waiting in Serbia to enter Hungary to seek asylum, please see this info leaflet. You may also see our FAQ on the border process here.
Situation at the Serbian-Hungarian border
The second part of October saw the continuation of Ahmed H.’s trial, continued militarisation of the borders and the curtailment of the freedom of speech in Hungary. All refugee camps camps and detention centres are functioning below capacity. On a bright note, however, Migszol has uploaded FAQ on the the procedures at the border, available in several languages in here, as well as organised a flashmob in solidarity with Ahmed H. (see more below). In addition, We started a monthly social space, where refugees can get together and talk to us about their problems and ask questions. On October 2nd 2016, the Hungarian people were asked to vote on whether they would like to accept what has come to be known as the EU quota system for resettling refugees from other EU countries to Hungary. The question, already indicating the “correct” answer, drove most of the opposition as well as a large number of various groups and NGOs to call for a boycott of the referendum (see here and here for the Migszol position on it). The idea behind the boycott was to invalidate the outcome of the referendum. For this, more than half of the Hungarian electorate had to abstain from participating in the vote. In the end, 60% of the Hungarians either chose to boycott, invalidate or abstain from the vote. The call for boycotting the referendum seemed to have succeeded. The opposition declared the blasting defeat of Viktor Orban. For the first time, the Fidesz government failed with a referendum that they initiated. Yet, Orban shed a different light on the results of the vote. He simply ignored the question of the validity of the vote and claimed that the vast majority that had voted had decided against the EU quotas. He claimed that the 98 percent of the people that had cast a ‘no’ vote, supplied him with the clear mandate to take legal steps to protect the country. He dug out a proposal that was previously made by Jobbik and announced the government’s intention to change the constitution — yet again.
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