{"id":8530,"date":"2026-07-02T17:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/hungary-revokes-refugee-status-for-ziobro-kotecka-ziobro-and-romanowski\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T17:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T17:35:35","slug":"hungary-revokes-refugee-status-for-ziobro-kotecka-ziobro-and-romanowski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/hungary-revokes-refugee-status-for-ziobro-kotecka-ziobro-and-romanowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungary Revokes Refugee Status for Ziobro, Kotecka-Ziobro, and Romanowski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski announced that Hungary has officially stripped Zbigniew Ziobro, Patrycja Kotecka-Ziobro, and Marcin Romanowski of their refugee status and invalidated their travel documents, marking a major shift in their legal standing.<\/p>\n<h4>Diplomatic Move by Budapest<\/h4>\n<p>Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski confirmed on X that Hungary has revoked the refugee status previously granted to former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, his wife Patrycja Kotecka-Ziobro, and former Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Romanowski. Beyond canceling their protected status, Hungarian authorities have invalidated their official travel documents.<\/p>\n<h4>Government Strategy for Prosecution<\/h4>\n<p>The Polish Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are coordinating further legal steps to ensure the individuals face Polish courts. Justice Minister Waldemar \u017burek stated that the government intends to query United States authorities regarding the legal stay of individuals who no longer possess valid travel documents, noting that a Polish court has recently upheld the decision to issue an arrest warrant for Ziobro.<\/p>\n<h4>Legal Troubles and International Flight<\/h4>\n<p>Zbigniew Ziobro faces allegations involving 26 criminal counts linked to the Justice Fund, while Marcin Romanowski is also the subject of an investigation regarding the same fund. Ziobro, currently in the United States, previously utilized protected status in Hungary under the Orb\u00e1n administration. Prime Minister Peter Magyar, having previously pledged that Hungary would not serve as a safe haven for international fugitives, has moved to distance the country from its previous policy toward these suspects.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski announced that Hungary has officially stripped Zbigniew Ziobro, Patrycja Kotecka-Ziobro, and Marcin Romanowski of their refugee status and invalidated their travel documents, marking a major shift in their legal standing. Diplomatic Move by Budapest Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski confirmed on X that Hungary has revoked the refugee status previously granted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-and-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}