Changes to Conversion Law Revealed – Proceeds to Parliament on Tuesday

The Administrative Committee has completed its report on the repatriation law on Monday evening. The committee implemented the changes required by the Constitutional Committee to the bill and clarified two provisions. According to the proposal, a person who has been turned away at the border can request the Border Guard to reevaluate their removal from the country within a month of their expulsion.

According to the second provision, an asylum application must be accepted if, based on the border guard’s case-specific assessment, it is necessary to ensure the rights of a child or another person in a particularly vulnerable position. The changes required by the Constitutional Committee pertain to the reevaluation of the removal from the country. These changes improve the legal protection of the person being removed from the country.

The Administrative Committee’s report particularly reduces the contradictions between the bill and the prohibition of return and other international human rights obligations through its proposals for a post-facto legal remedy and for factors to be considered and recorded in the assessment of exceptions.

The Administrative Committee also clarified the relationship of the exception law to EU law and considers it possible to enact the exception law based on the clarification. However, it is mentioned in the committee’s statement that ultimately the European Union Court will assess the conformity of the regulation with EU law.

The contentious bill will proceed to its first reading in the plenary session on Tuesday. If the plenary session on Tuesday ends before midnight, the votes could be held on Friday.