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Orban plans consitutional change not to let Brussels 'force' migrants on Hungary (Photo: Viktor Orban's Facebook page)

Orban suffers setback in migration referendum

Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban's fight against EU migration policy suffered a setback in Sunday's (2 October) referendum on quotas as turnout was too low to make the result legally binding.

Orban vowed to continue his fight in Brussels against the mandatory migrant quota scheme, and said he would still amend the constitution based on the referendum result.

Despite a year-long anti-immigrant campaign, Orban’s governmen failed to convince more than half of the 8 million vot...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Orban plans consitutional change not to let Brussels 'force' migrants on Hungary (Photo: Viktor Orban's Facebook page)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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