GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency called on European Union states on Monday not to send Middle Eastern and African asylum seekers back to Hungary for assessment until that country amends its new law on detaining migrants at the border.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has called mass migration a threat to Europe's socioeconomic make-up and a "Trojan horse for terrorism", has defended the policy that went into effect on March 28. Hungary has been a focal point for Europe's migration crisis since 2015.
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