The main migration policy instruments in Hungary:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• National policies and legislation:
• Consult Hungary’s national law database.
• Consult recent publications of the European Migration Network.
• EU legislation:
• Consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
• Ratified international treaties:
• 1989: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2006: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs:

• Ministry of Interior: Together with its subordinate authorities it is the main body dealing with migration affairs, including immigration (entry, residence); border management; the reception of asylum seekers and the asylum procedure; social integration; relations with third countries.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: participates in the elaboration of migration policy and is in charge of development cooperation on migration; foreign policy related aspects of migration; visa and consular affairs.

Sources:

• European Migration Network (2012): The Organisation of Migration and Asylum Policies in Hungary. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/asylum-migration/12a.hungary_factsheet_institutional_chart_october2012_en.pdf
• Government of Hungary (2018): Official website (last accessed: 10.12.2018). http://www.kormany.hu/en
• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM

Last update: December 2018