# Court of Justice finds against Hungary’s transit-zone asylum practice

Date: 2020

On 17 December 2020 the Court of Justice found that Hungary’s transit-zone detention and related asylum practices breached Union law. Later cases continued on pushbacks. These are court findings, not NGO press releases.

## People

- Viktor Orbán: https://factrail.ai/people/viktor-orban

## Drivers

- Illiberal state capture in Hungary: https://factrail.ai/drivers/orban-illiberal-state-capture
- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-eu-court-idUSKBN28R1G5/
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62018CJ0808

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/hu-ecj-asylum-pushbacks