01 February 2021
EUobserver, 27 January 2021.
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"The EU's border agency, Frontex, is suspending operations in Hungary.
"The head of Frontex has already made up his mind and will suspend all activities in Hungary," an EU official told EUobserver on Wednesday (27 January).
A spokesperson from the Warsaw-based agency said Frontex is "still evaluating" its role in Hungary. Post-publication of this article, the spokesperson confirmed, noting that "Frontex is suspending its activities in Hungary."
The move comes after Hungary has continued to push back migrants into Serbia - in violation of a European Court of Justice ruling in December.
Those violations are being carefully documented by the Budapest-based NGO, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.
In a tweet, it said Hungary had pushed back over 4,400 people since the December ruling by the EU's top court."
See: Frontex suspends operations in Hungary (EUobserver, link)
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