Hungarian parliament introduces emergency anti-migration laws

[WorldNews]

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Hungary's parliament pushed through emergency anti-migration laws Friday to halt a surge in numbers crossing into the EU state as crowds of refugees and migrants defied the security forces in their quest to reach western Europe. The new measures include three-year jail terms for people climbing over the newly built razor wire fence on the 175-kilometre (110-mile) border with Serbia, as well as new border "transit zones" to hold asylum seekers while their applications are being processed. "If we do not protect our borders, tens of millions of migrants will keep coming to Europe," right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a statement on Friday.

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