Hungarian transit zones closed for good: 'The zones were inhumane'

Armed with a wealth of expertise and a healthy dose of passion, András Léderer and Gruša Matevžič of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) fight for the rights of refugees in Hungary. Recently, the two officers from our partner organisation won a major victory: the European Court of Justice ruled that the so-called transit zones on the border with Serbia, where refugees were detained under inhumane conditions, must be classified as detention.