- 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.
- country
- Hungary
- date text
- 06/2018
- entities
- Fidesz parliamentary majority
- entity type
- Government
- id
- 827
- name
- Fidesz parliamentary majority
- role
- actor
- NGOs providing services to asylum seekers; HHC, Menedek Migration Association, UNHCR partners
- entity type
- CSO
- id
- 836
- name
- NGOs providing services to asylum seekers; HHC, Menedek Migration Association, UNHCR partners
- role
- target
- Fidesz parliamentary majority
- sources
- citation
- Helsinki Committee Diary (helsinkifigyelo.hu June 2018); ECF/Okotars 2025; CJEU Nov 2021
- tactics
- Legislative Operationalization
- label
- Legislative Operationalization
- code
- TC-18
- needs review
- false
- role
- primary
- AML/CFT Framework Weaponization
- label
- AML/CFT Framework Weaponization
- code
- TC-19
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- Legislative Operationalization
- narratives
- Security Threat
- label
- Security Threat
- code
- LEGACY-N-c422428f906e
- needs review
- true
- role
- primary
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- label
- Foreign Agent / Foreign Influence
- code
- NF-01
- needs review
- false
- role
- secondary
- Security Threat
- campaign ids
- campaign phase
- Phase 4: Institutionalization
- channels
- Criminal Law
- Parliament
- 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).
- consequence category
- Financial Strangulation
- created at
- 2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
- date precision
- month
- escalation
- 6
- harm track
- Track 1 — Financial Strangulation
- id
- HUN-007
- institutional consequence
- Criminalization of migration-related civic activity; forced closure/restructuring of affected NGOs
- notes
- TC-19 secondary: 25% immigration levy weaponizes AML-adjacent fiscal mechanism. Passed deliberately on World Refugee Day.
- occurred on
- 2018-06-01
- response ids
- trigger type
- TR-08: Proactive / Ambient
- updated at
- 2026-09-24T23:55:15.626227+00:00
- version
- 2
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