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October 3, 2016

Hungary Referendum on Migrant Quotas Falls Short Amid Low Turnout
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In Hungary, a national referendum on whether to exclude refugees from
the country failed when less than half the electorate turned out,
rendering Sunday's results null and void. Of those who voted, more than
95 percent sided with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, rejecting European
Union quotas on resettling asylum seekers. The government spent 16
million euros of taxpayer money on a campaign demonizing refugees and
urging a rejection of quotas. Prime Minister Orbán has previously called
asylum seekers "a poison" and has praised Donald Trump's anti-refugee
platform.
Topics:Refugees

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