Q&A: Trending Issues on Migration The Hungarian “STOP Soros” Act Why does the government fight human rights organisations? TAMÁS BOROS Budapest 2018 n a proposed package of bills, the governing Fidesz party plans to oblige organi­sations that‘support migration,’ which includes helping asylum seekers and refugees, to apply for a newly-created work permit. Before issuing such a permit, the Minister of the Interior will review the opinion of the national security services, meaning that those organisations will be subject to a preliminary national security review. n is seeking the legal authority to ensure that only organisations approved by a Fidesz minister can operate, and also to ensure that only those civil organisations that can secure domestic funding remain viable. n the whole, the most realistic scenario for the time being is that, as of spring 2018, assistance to asylum seekers will become a state monopoly in Hungary, and the gov­ernment will not shy away from curtailing fundamental constitutional rights in order to enforce its monopoly in this realm.