Fear of migrants galvanizes PM Orban's supporters in rural Hungary


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  • Wednesday, 21 Mar 2018

People attend Hungarian march at a pro-Orban rally during Hungary's National Day celebrations, which also commemorates the 1848 Hungarian Revolution against the Habsburg monarchy, in Budapest, Hungary March 15, 2018. Picture taken March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

ERCSI, Hungary (Reuters) - Supporters of Hungary's right-wing Fidesz party in Ercsi may not have met a refugee but there's one thing they know for sure: they don't want them in their town.

Three years after hundreds of thousands of refugees crossed into Hungary en route from the Middle East and Africa to western Europe, residents of this sleepy town south of Budapest say concerns about a migrant "invasion" will be a decisive factor when they vote in national elections on April 8.

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