Hungary is submitting a proposal to the EU that would allow for all asylum seekers to be detained and kept in special camps until their applications are reviewed. According to the Hungarian government’s chief spokesman Zoltán Kovács: “No migrants – not even those who have already issued their request for asylum – will be able to move freely until there is a primary legal decision on whether they are entitled to political asylum, refugee status or anything else – so they are not entitled to move freely in the country” At a briefing in London, Kovács said anyone seeking asylum through Hungary would be kept in “shelters” for the whole period of their application, though they would be free to go back to their own country at any point. RT reports: These camps will not be “detention centers, although the asylum seekers won’t be able to move freely, he said, noting “we do not have a proper term yet for it – that is the challenge task to formulate. It is not about detention, it is about not giving the same opportunity for them as provided to European citizens. Do not be mistaken. There is a systematic abuse of that [...]
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