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06-24-2018, 02:34 AM
Hungary Passes ‘Stop Soros’ Laws to Criminalize Giving Aid to Illegal Immigrants
On Wednesday, the Hungarian parliament passed a series of laws that criminalize giving certain types of assistance to illegal immigrants. In the aftermath of the laws’ passage, liberal NGOs and human rights groups denounced the legal package – known informally as the ‘Stop Soros’ law – as an authoritarian measure that would make Hungary guilty of “persecuting” migrants, asylum seekers, and the groups that help them.


Amnesty International Europe Director Gauri van Gulik was especially incensed by the new laws, characterizing (https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/europe/hungary-law-immigrants-crackdown-intl/index.html) them as "a brazen attack on people seeking safe haven from persecution and those who carry out admirable work to help them” and further pledging to “resist” the laws “every step of the way.”



Helsinki Committee Co-Chair Marta Pardavi also had strong criticism for the new measures, lamenting (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-soros/hungary-passes-stop-soros-laws-defying-eu-and-rights-groups-idUSKBN1JG1VN) that “instead of giving protection against persecution, the Hungarian government has decided to join the ranks of the persecutors.”
Before the law had even been passed, the Venice Commission – which works as a human rights advisory group for the Council of Europe (one of Europe’s most prominent quasi-governmental advisory bodies itself) – warned (http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/events/?id=2585)Hungary not to pass the laws until its review of them could be completed by this Friday.
But what were the actual provisions of the laws that so upset these liberal activists?


Firstly, one of the laws makes it a jailable offense (for up to twelve months) for anybody to help migrants apply for asylum when they do not legally qualify for asylum status. The law defines “help” by specifying a variety of different forms of aid, including distributing information about asylum applications, helping them to fill out the applications, and giving migrants money or other financial assistance.

Other laws actually amended the Hungarian Constitution, including a measure that makes it illegal to “settle foreign populations” in Hungary. This constitutional change appears to be a clear rebuke to German Chancellor

Angela Merkel and the European Union’s far more lenient policies over the past few years that have encouraged millions of Middle-Eastern and African migrants to illegally trek through several European countries (such as Hungary, Greece, and Serbia) to seek asylum. The amendment is also a clear attempt to push back on immigrant quotas that the European Union is currently trying to force all its member states to accept.

Another constitutional amendment that comes from the “Stop Soros” legislation calls for the establishment of a new parallel court system to deal with “cases related to public administration,” according (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/world/europe/hungary-stop-soros-law.html) to the New York Times.



https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/06/22/hungary-passes-stop-soros-laws-to-criminalize-giving-aid-to-illegal-immigrants-n2493467

stjames1_53
06-24-2018, 05:51 AM
it might be a stance to be considered here..................jes sayin'

Peter1469
06-24-2018, 08:31 AM
The EU is going nuts over it. (http://news.trust.org/item/20180620140553-uotyk)


Hungary's parliament on Wednesday approved a package of bills that criminalises some help given to illegal immigrants, defying the European Union and human rights groups.

Captdon
06-24-2018, 08:46 AM
Imagine that. A country doesn't allow just anyone in and the EU is going loony over it. The EU is dying.

Peter1469
06-24-2018, 08:55 AM
Cultural globalism is dying. People are too smart to fall for it.

Cthulhu
06-24-2018, 09:46 AM
Not fast enough though.
Imagine that. A country doesn't allow just anyone in and the EU is going loony over it. The EU is dying.

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