EU Shame Continues in Afghanistan and the home front as Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spent 16 million euros of taxpayer money on a campaign demonizing refugees and urging a rejection of quotas

EU Reaches Agreement with Afghan Gov’t to Deport Afghan RefugeesEU Reaches Agreement with Afghan Gov’t to Deport Afghan Refugees

OCTOBER 4, 2016

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This comes as the European Union has reached an agreement with the Afghan government that allows the EU to deport an unlimited number of Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan. A leaked memo shows the EU threatened to reduce humanitarian aid to Afghanistan if the Afghan government did not accept the deportations agreement.

Hungary Referendum on Migrant Quotas Falls Short Amid Low Turnout

OCTOBER 3, 2016

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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.

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• Refugees