Hungary Relocation Index

How Hungary scores

Relative peace and stable day-to-day security | Reasonable infrastructure and affordability

• Peace and conflict safety71
• Immigrant safety65
• Visa accessibility57
• Residence permit realism63
• Labor market access71
• Healthcare70
• Civil rights68
• Discrimination safety67
• Status security68
• Infrastructure reliability75
• Cost of living sustainability77

Recent news impact

No clear, recent news event (within the last ~45 days) was identified that would materially and directionally change Hungary’s short-term relocation outlook for immigrants (e.g., new border restriction, enacted anti-immigration measure, or a major asylum/deportation policy tightening/loosening). The supplied official materials largely describe procedural/legal frameworks and include a document validity extension for protected persons, which is helpful for continuity but not a major short-term shift in relocation risk.

Sources

• 2024 Rule of Law Report — Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Hungary (PDF)European Commission
• European Commission — Recommendations (Rule of Law Report package): Hungary (EUR-Lex CELEX:52024SC0817)European Union
• World Bank — Worldwide Governance Indicators: Voice and Accountability (Hungary)World Bank
• UNHCR — Applying for asylum in HungaryUNHCR
• UNHCR — Asylum in Hungary (topic page)UNHCR
• Curia — Judgment summary page referencing Commission v Hungary (C-123/22) on reception of applicants for international protectionCourt of Justice of the European Union (Curia)
• További egy évig érvényes a menedékesek okmánya (Validity extended for one more year for documents of persons granted protection) — Hungarian Immigration and Asylum Office (OIF)oif.gov.hu (Hungarian Immigration and Asylum Office)
• Asylum Procedure — Hungarian Immigration and Asylum Office (OIF) factsheetoif.gov.hu (Hungarian Immigration and Asylum Office)