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Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban (r), with Italy's ousted far-right leader Matteo Salvini (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

Hungary faces EU court for starving migrants

The European Commission has ratcheted up its threat to sue Hungary for not feeding migrants and rejected asylum seekers held in transit zones at its border with Serbia.

On Thursday (10 October) the commission said denying people food was a violation of fundamental rights. Forcing those rejected to remain in the zone also "amounts to de facto detention", it added.

The latest threat comes after the Brussels-executive in late July ask...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban (r), with Italy's ousted far-right leader Matteo Salvini (Photo: Balazs Szecsodi/Hungary's Press Office of the Prime Minister)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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