Donath (2013) reports on the court case of the Hungarian Rroma activist Victoria Mohácsi who has applied for political asylum in Canada. Her court case was postponed for another month. Mohácsi had stated that she would be subject to threats by hate groups and persecuted by the authorities in Hungary. The Hungarian government denies that there is any danger for Mohácsi. Mohácsi case happens in the context of tighter asylum policies in Canada on immigrants from the EU, especially Hungary. Proponents of stricter immigration policy argue that in the past few months, there has been a wave of political asylum applications from the EU meant to take advantage of Canada’s social assistance. Applications from Hungary are the most frequent. Many of the asylum seekers are also Rroma.

Source:

• Donath, Mirjam (2013) Canada asylum hearing delayed in closely watched Roma case. In: Swissinfo vom 20.6.2013.  

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