You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Europe
U.N. Accuses Hungary of Denying Rejected Asylum Seekers Food
2019-05-04
[AnNahar] Hungary is deliberately depriving rejected asylum seekers of food, in violation of international law, the United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
 charged Friday, in the latest criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's anti-migrant government.

The U.N.'s human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
 office said it had direct information that "at least 21 migrants colonists awaiting deportation had been deprived of food by the Hungarian authorities -- some for up to five days," since August 2018.

The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, had last September accused Hungary of withholding food from migrants colonists being held in transit zones along its border with Serbia.

The U.N. rights office pointed out that the Hungarian authorities had promised to end the practice following an interim ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.

"However,
if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well...
 we regret that, in the absence of a clear change in the legal framework, reports suggest the practice is continuing," spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said.

She said that once an asylum application had been denied, all adult migrants colonists, with the exception of pregnant and nursing women, "are deliberately deprived of food."

This, she pointed out, "can lead to malnutrition and is both detrimental to their health and inherently inhumane."

The Hungary government stressed in an official blog post earlier this week that "asylum seekers who have requested asylum and whose claim is under review continue to receive food and shelter as they always have."

But it acknowledged that "we take the position that Hungary is not responsible for those who have not requested asylum, nor for those whose requests have been denied."

It maintained that rejected asylum seekers were not detained and were free to leave and cross into Serbia.

The U.N. rights office rejected the Hungarian assertion that migrants colonists can simply travel to Serbia to have their needs met.

"We note that such 'voluntary' departure could put migrants colonists at further risk as it could breach Hungarian deportation orders, and force migrants colonists to enter Serbia irregularly in contravention of Serbian law," it said.

In general, it insisted, "migrants colonists must not be subject to detention in inadequate conditions, arbitrary detention or other forms of coercion as this renders any return involuntary."

The rights office pointed out that the deliberate deprivation of food is prohibited under international law.

It stressed that countries have "an obligation and heightened duty of care towards migrants colonists who are deprived of their liberty, including through the provision of food."

"We encourage Hungary to ensure it fulfils its human rights obligations towards those deprived of liberty, regardless of whether they are in transit zones or any other place where migrants colonists are detained and cannot provide for themselves," it said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Well, that's why they call it Hungary, Einstein!
Posted by: Raj   2019-05-04 05:42  

00:00