More than ten billion HUF EU funds are coming to Hungary to support Ukrainian refugees
In 2022, the European Union has so far allowed the flexible use of nearly HUF 5.6 billion in funds (previously awarded to Hungary for other purposes), and more than HUF 10 billion from the funds aimed at the field of internal affairs have been earmarked for the care of Ukrainian refugees, Transparency Hungary’s investigative team found. was prepared in the framework of its mentoring program from articlewhich appeared on RTL and Lakmus.
The two portals write in the article that they arrived at the amount after reviewing the state’s publicly available application databases, obtaining documentation of an emergency program from the European Commission, and talking to those involved in refugee care. They also write that the Hungarian state does not answer their questions.
In their research, they write, According to the European Commission, Hungary will receive 104 million euros in 2022 from the gigantic planned EU bailout fund called REACT-EU, but only barely 15 percent of this – 13.7 million euros, or HUF 5.6 billion at the current exchange rate – Helsinki to spend on Ukrainian refugees.
The two sides also write that the other large EU source from which Hungary can allocate money to help refugees in Ukraine is called Internal Affairs Funds, and a total of 134.4 million euros will be allocated to Hungary in the next financial cycle (2021-2027). , which was used to help refugees from Ukraine.
It also provides Hungary with an additional 21.1 million euros (8.7 billion forints at the current exchange rate) emergency funds from the Internal Affairs Fund, the two newspapers report. The latest tender results are published in April of this year. There are two tenders in connection with the care, with a total value of HUF 2.4 billion, they write.
Several NGOs, the Helsinki Committee, Migration Aid, the Asylum Association told the two portals that neither state nor EU funds had arrived until October, but the Catholic Charity, the Hungarian Reformed Charity Service, the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service, the Ecumenical Aid Organization, the Baptist Charity Service, and the Hungarian Red Cross said that they also received half a billion forints in state aid to help refugees. ready-made interpreters have already been paid from the Internal Affairs Funds, they write.