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Amnesty’s claims on treatment of migrants in Hungary unfounded?
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Budapest, September 27 (MTI) – Amnesty International’s claims about the treatment of migrants in Hungary are completely unfounded, the interior ministry state secretary said on Tuesday.
Károly Kontrát was asked to comment about Amnesty’s critical remarks at a press conference held on a different subject.
The rights organisation has said attacks against migrants and refugees had become common practice in Hungary and many of them were simply sent back to Serbia or detained unlawfully.
Kontrát dismissed these claims as “completely untrue”.
“As stated already, Hungarian border guards firmly abide by the law to protect the Hungarian state and its citizens,” he said.
He noted that when Human Rights Watch had raised objections concerning the treatment of refugees in Hungary, an investigation was carried out. The prosecutor’s office found the reports to be false, he said.
Péter Niedermüller, MEP of Hungary’s leftist Democratic Coalition (DK), called on the EU to step up against the “shameful, inhumane and illegitimate” situation at the Hungary-Serbia border.