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August 23, 2018

Hungary's Government Accused of Starving Asylum Seekers
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Hungary's government has been accused of cutting off food to migrants
living in transit camps in a bid to get them to drop their claims for
asylum. On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch became the latest organization
to accuse Hungary's anti-immigrant government of using starvation as a
weapon, writing, "It's completely outrageous and absurd that people have
to turn to the courts to get a slice of bread. … This disregard for
people's well-being smacks of a cynical move to force people to give up
their asylum claims and leave Hungary."


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