1.1. Contact organisation
Ministry of Interior of Hungary
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Department for European Home Affairs Cooperation
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
1014 Budapest, Szentháromság tér 6.. Postal address: 1903 Budapest.
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
27 March 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
21 March 2024
2.3. Metadata last update
27 March 2025
3.1. Data description
Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7 of the Council Regulation (EC) no 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation 2020/851 with reference to Third country nationals:
- refused entry at the external border;
- found to be illegally present;
- ordered to leave;
- returned following an order to leave.
3.2. Classification system
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Enforcement of Immigration Legislation statistics.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024.
3.5. Statistical unit
Number of persons.
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.7. Reference area
Hungary.
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of persons.
Calendar quarter and calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
12/2022. (VI. 28.) MoI instruction on the functioning and organizational structure of the Minsistry of Interior.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
12/2022. (VI. 28.) MoI instruction on the functioning and organizational structure of the Minsistry of Interior.
8.1. Release calendar
No release calendar for the statistical outputs.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access
Not applicable.
Quarterly and yearly.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
There are no regular or ad-hoc press releases linked to the data.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
There are no regular or ad-hoc publications linked to the data.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
There are no regular or ad-hoc online database linked to the data.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Not applicable.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
EU guidelines.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
EU guidelines.
11.1. Quality assurance
EU guidelines.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
The Police Headquarter and the National Directorate for Alines Policing are responsile for the management system at national level.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
1. General aspects
The statistics collected under the Regulation 862/2007 are widely used in official publications and by a wide range of users at national, European and International level.
Main users of EIL statistics at national level
The EIL statistics produced are regularly used by national administrations:Ministry of Interior, Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affaire and Trade, the Office of Immigration and Nationality, the Hungarian Central Statistical Office, the Police Headquarter. The academic researchers and civil society groups working on a wide range of topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures, and the projection of the future population and labour force.
Main users of EIL statistics at European and International level
The main users of EIL statistics are Eurostat, DG Home Affairs and EASO, EURLEX, OECD. The statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis. The statistics also provide an input to the EMN studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance.
2. EIL data publication at national level
Presentation of the EIL statistics published at national level
Yes. Both authorities are publishing the data at national level, but in the other system than the EIL statics.
Differences between the data provided to Eurostat and the data published at national level
There is the difference between the categories.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Satisfactory accuracy is ensured throughout data collections by the relvant authorities (Police and NSGAP), in line with their internal standards.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
See table 13.3.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
No errors in reading, calculating or recording numerical value.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
Not applicable.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Provided, applying to Hungarian territory.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
See table 15.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Fully reconcilable.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Full consistency.
Not applicable.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Not applicable.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Yearly and quartelry.
18.3. Data collection
National systematic process of gathering data for official statistics.
Refusal of entry: The refusal of entry data is collected by the Hungarian Police in its internal IT system (HIDRA database). Theverified data is uploaded to Eurostat by the Ministry of Interior.
Third-country nationals found to be illegally present: Data is collected by the Hungarian Police in its internal IT system (HIDRA database). The verified data is uploaded to Eurostat by the Ministry of Interior.
Third country nationals who are subject to an obligation to leave: Data is collected by the Hungarian Police and the National Directorate General for Aliens Policing in their internal IT systems (HIDRA and NDGAP databases). The verified data is uploaded to Eurostat by the Ministry of Interior.
Third-country nationals effectively returned: Data is collected by the Hungarian Police and the National Directorate General for Aliens Policing in their internal IT systems (HIDRA and NDGAP databases). The verified data is uploaded to Eurostat by the Ministry of Interior.
18.4. Data validation
Data is validated by the Police and the NDGAP internally.
18.5. Data compilation
Data complied from input from Police and NDGAP data.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
No statistical technique applied.
No further comments.
Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7 of the Council Regulation (EC) no 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation 2020/851 with reference to Third country nationals:
- refused entry at the external border;
- found to be illegally present;
- ordered to leave;
- returned following an order to leave.
27 March 2025
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024.
Number of persons.
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
Hungary.
Calendar quarter and calendar year.
Satisfactory accuracy is ensured throughout data collections by the relvant authorities (Police and NSGAP), in line with their internal standards.
Number of persons.
Data complied from input from Police and NDGAP data.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
Quarterly and yearly.
Not applicable.
Provided, applying to Hungarian territory.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2024’.
