{"id":"HUN-007","notes":"TC-19 secondary: 25% immigration levy weaponizes AML-adjacent fiscal mechanism. Passed deliberately on World Refugee Day.","country":"Hungary","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"Helsinki Committee Diary (helsinkifigyelo.hu June 2018); ECF/Okotars 2025; CJEU Nov 2021"}],"summary":"Parliament passed Stop Soros package on World Refugee Day (June 20, 2018): criminalized assistance to asylum seekers punishable by up to one year imprisonment; introduced 25% special levy on NGO foreign income; added seventh amendment to Fundamental Law. CJEU ruled November 2021 that Stop Soros violates EU law. Hungary partially amended December 2022 but CJEU found incomplete compliance.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-18","role":"primary","label":"Legislative Operationalization","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-19","role":"secondary","label":"AML/CFT Framework Weaponization","needs_review":false}],"version":2,"channels":["Criminal Law","Parliament"],"entities":[{"id":827,"name":"Fidesz parliamentary majority","role":"actor","entity_type":"Government"},{"id":836,"name":"NGOs providing services to asylum seekers; HHC, Menedek Migration Association, UNHCR partners","role":"target","entity_type":"CSO"}],"date_text":"06/2018","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":6,"harm_track":"Track 1 — Financial Strangulation","narratives":[{"code":"LEGACY-N-c422428f906e","role":"primary","label":"Security Threat","needs_review":true},{"code":"NF-01","role":"secondary","label":"Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T23:55:15.626227+00:00","occurred_on":"2018-06-01","campaign_ids":["HUN-CAMP-001"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":["CR-HUN-003"],"trigger_type":"TR-08: Proactive / Ambient","campaign_phase":"Phase 4: Institutionalization","civic_response":"HHC kept assisting over 1,800 asylum seekers from July 2018 under threat of criminal sanctions, and supplied legal analysis and advocacy throughout the infringement procedure; it called for repeal of Criminal Code Article 353/A. | Outcome (see Civic Responses CR-HUN-003): HHC kept assisting 1,800+ asylum seekers despite criminal threat; EU Court ruled Stop Soros illegal (C-821/19, 16 November 2021).","date_precision":"month","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Financial Strangulation","institutional_consequence":"Criminalization of migration-related civic activity; forced closure/restructuring of affected NGOs"}