Hungary: Information for stateless people and those at risk of statelessness fleeing Ukraine 2. ROUTES TO INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION Routes to protection in Hungary are limited. Refugee status and subsidiary protection are not available to people fleeing Ukraine due to restrictive legal rules. The options are Temporary Protection based on EU law or Statelessness Status. Hungary has limited eligibility for Temporary Protection to Ukrainian nationals, their family members, and refugees and their family members recognised in Ukraine prior to 24 February 2022. All other non-Ukrainian and non-EU nationals should apply for Asylum under the general rules. However, since May 2020, it is not possible to apply for Asylum from within Hungary. Anyone wishing to apply must first travel to a Hungarian embassy in Kyiv or Belgrade, submit a statement of intent, and await approval from the Hungarian authorities to travel to Hungary to submit the application. Temporary Protection is summarised in the table below (for Statelessness Status see Section 3). The Hungarian Helsinki Committee advises people not eligible for Temporary Protection in Hungary to seek its free legal advice as soon as possible. Temporary Protection (menedékes) What is it? Can stateless and/or undocumented persons apply? Where to apply? Procedure & rights Rights upon recognition Temporary protection for Ukrainian nationals, their family members, and refugees and their family members recognised in Ukraine prior to 24 Feb 2022 No (unless they meet the above eligibility criteria) At any of the few "collection points” in the border area; or at any immigration office (OIF) during opening hours First provide data through an electronic data recording platform (a dedicated app or the Enter Hungary Platform), then appear in person before the asylum authority to formally apply for temporary protection; decision within 45 days, applicant must prove Ukrainian nationality or refugee status, or family member of a recognised refugee; if no documents authorities will ask more detailed questions at a hearing; right to accommodation, food and medical care; right to obtain a work permit (and facilitated access to certain forms of employment); appeal to court possible within 8 days from the negative decision, court decision within 60 days Identity card, protection for up to 3 years; right to social security, accommodation, food, medical care, easier procedure to obtain work permit, right to work in certain positions without a special work permit, right to health care and education for children, financial assistance For more information, see: • • • • • • • • Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Information and legal assistance for refugees from Ukraine UNHCR Hungary, Temporary Protection Ukraine 2022, Information on how to submit an application for recognition as beneficiary of temporary protection and use the electronic data recording platform Information on hotspots to apply for temporary protection European Commission, Information for people fleeing the war in Ukraine EU Asylum Agency, Who is Who in International Protection, Temporary Protection overview European Council on Refugees and Exiles, Information Sheet KIND & Child Circle, Note on unaccompanied children fleeing Ukraine