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What happened on 21 May 2020 in Zhytomyr and Luxembourg
Summary
A look back at two unrelated events reported on 21 May 2020: a deadly conflict in Zhytomyr region and a ruling on Hungary's detention of asylum seekers.
What did the news of 21 May 2020 bring from Ukraine and its neighbourhood? Two separate reports stood out, one local and one European.
In Zhytomyr region, a conflict ended with a local resident killing seven people, according to reports from that day.
The same day, the European Court of Justice ruled that Hungarian authorities had circumvented EU law by holding Afghan and Iranian asylum seekers in unlawful detention at a camp near the Serbian border. The ruling was reported as part of the European migrant crisis.
The two events were unconnected. Together they marked 21 May 2020 as a day of grim news in Ukraine and of a notable legal finding on asylum detention in the European Union.
