EU court slams Hungary's 'Stop Soros' law

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EU court slams Hungary's 'Stop Soros' law

16/11/2021

The top EU court has shot down a 2018 Hungarian law that punished people who help asylum-seekers. It remains to be seen if the right-wing government in Budapest will implement the decision.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that legislation passed in Hungary in 2018 threatening jail time for people who support asylum-seekers is in violation of EU law.

The law, which targeted migrant rights NGOs, was named "Stop Soros" — a reference to the Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor and US-based billionaire George Soros.

"Criminalizing such activities impinges on the exercise of the rights safeguarded by the EU legislature in respect of the assistance of applicants for international protection," the ECJ said in a statement.

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