Hungary to close transit zone camps for asylum-seekers
25 May 2020 |
9:00 am
After the EU's top court ruled that Hungary had been illegally detaining asylum-seekers, the government announced it was scrapping transit zones. Hundreds of asylum-seekers will now be moved to reception centers.
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