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Hungary Says EU Refugee Reform Deal 'Unacceptable'


Hungary installed a border fence to prevent migrants from entering the country in Hercegszanto, in the vicinity of the border between Serbia and Hungary.
Hungary installed a border fence to prevent migrants from entering the country in Hercegszanto, in the vicinity of the border between Serbia and Hungary.

Hungary on June 9 slammed as "unacceptable" a European Union agreement to revise the bloc's rules on member states hosting asylum seekers and migrants. "Brussels is abusing its power. They want to relocate migrants to Hungary with force. This is unacceptable, they want to forcefully turn Hungary into a migrant country," government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs, quoting Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban, wrote on Twitter.

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