The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday sentenced Hungary to an almost €40,000 fine over the death of a 22-year-old Syrian refugee at the hands of Hungarian border guards in 2016. The top human rights court in Europe has found Hungary guilty of violating the rights of a refugee who died in 2016. Hungary has one of the worst records on refugee protections in Europe.The Hungarian Helsinki Committee, a human rights organization, said that, in the preceding month alone, the UN refugee commission (UNHCR) had documented over 100 similar cases where violence had been used against people trying to cross the border. Are refuges really protected under the UN convention ?

