Hungary to defy EU by granting asylum to draft-age Ukrainian men, including ethnic Hungarians
Hungary will continue granting asylum to draft-age Ukrainian men, including ethnic Hungarians, defying a recent European Union decision to deny temporary protection to such individuals, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on Thursday.
The EU agreed in July to exclude Ukrainian men aged 25 to 60 from temporary protection if they failed to meet military registration obligations, a measure Hungary opposed. Magyar stated that the government had resolved to maintain its policy, ensuring asylum for those fleeing, particularly ethnic Hungarians from Ukraine’s Zakarpattia region, where a 100,000-strong Hungarian minority resides.
Magyar criticized the EU’s decision as “disgraceful and incomprehensible,” arguing it traps fathers and grandfathers in a warzone without aid. He reiterated Hungary’s stance during a Wednesday meeting with European Council President António Costa in Budapest, emphasizing that blocking departures from a country at war was unjustified .
The EU’s new rule applies only to first-time applicants for temporary protection. Hungary’s position reflects longstanding tensions with Ukraine over the treatment of its ethnic Hungarian community, which Magyar has linked to Hungary’s reluctance to advance Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations .
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