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"After endless examples of shameful treatment by governments of refugees and migrants in Europe, it is a relief to finally see a sliver of humanity. But this is far from over, both in Hungary and in Europe as a whole," said Gauri van Gulik, Amnesty's deputy director for Europe. "The pragmatic and humane approach finally applied here should become the rule, not the exception."
But Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, told reporters the opposite was more likely. He said Hungary collected and drove the migrants to the border only because they were posing a public menace, particularly by snarling the country's major motorway and rail lines west of Budapest.
"It is unacceptable for them to paralyze traffic on the highway and they are putting their own lives at risk," Orban said at his ruling party's annual picnic in a village near Lake Balaton. "We proved that we were able to protect both their safety and that of Hungarians."
"After endless examples of shameful treatment by governments of refugees and migrants in Europe, it is a relief to finally see a sliver of humanity. But this is far from over, both in Hungary and in Europe as a whole," said Gauri van Gulik, Amnesty's deputy director for Europe. "The pragmatic and humane approach finally applied here should become the rule, not the exception."
But Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, told reporters the opposite was more likely. He said Hungary collected and drove the migrants to the border only because they were posing a public menace, particularly by snarling the country's major motorway and rail lines west of Budapest.
"It is unacceptable for them to paralyze traffic on the highway and they are putting their own lives at risk," Orban said at his ruling party's annual picnic in a village near Lake Balaton. "We proved that we were able to protect both their safety and that of Hungarians."
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