Fidesz vows to support criminalising organisation of illegal immigration

Ruling Fidesz's parliamentary leaders are in favour of a stricter version of the "Stop Soros" package of bills, especially its proposal to write the organisation of illegal migration into the criminal code, the party's group leader said. Mate Kocsis noted at a press conference that the bill defines the promotion of illegal migration as an organised activity which illegally helps a person not in danger of persecution to submit an asylum request or to obtain a title of residence. The penalty is 5 to 90 days imprisonment. A sentence of a year's imprisonment awaits anyone found guilty of financially supporting illegal migration or gaining from it financially if their activity takes place within 8km of the border. Illegal activities include surveilling the border and soliciting, collecting or distributing data with a view to promoting illegal migration. Setting up a network to organise illegal migration is also a punishable offence, Kocsis said.