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June 21, 2018

Hungary Approves Law Criminalizing Those Who Help Migrants
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In Hungary, lawmakers have approved a harsh anti-immigrant bill that
will crack down on anyone offering aid to migrants seeking asylum. Under
the legislation, offering food, water or legal advice to migrants would
be outlawed. Even printing leaflets with information for asylum-seekers
would become a criminal offense. This is Hungarian human rights lawyer
Márta Pardavi.

Márta Pardavi: "Today is World Refugee Day, and the Hungarian
government, instead of providing protection, has decided to actually not
provide protection, deny protection and actually side with the
persecutors. It starts to persecute even individuals, human rights
defenders and others who assist asylum-seekers. I think this is a new
low point for Hungary today, where even lawyers could face criminal
prosecutions."



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