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Hungary has a 175km border fence along the Serbian border (Photo: Freedom House)

EU ups pressure to claw back €200m asylum fine from Hungary

The European Commission has once again asked Hungary to pay its €200m fine for violating EU asylum rules, following a June ruling by the European Court of Justice.

The demand, sent as a request on Monday (2 September), gives Hungary two weeks

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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 has a 175km border fence along the Serbian border (Photo: Freedom House)

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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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