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Hungary enacts tough immigration laws in effect
匈牙利实施严厉移民法案
Hungary contentious border-crossing laws have come into effect. Prime minister Viktor Orban hopes they will stem the flow of thousands of migrants entering the EU country every day.
The new legislation makes "illegal border-crossing" a crime rather than an infringement. "Unlawful crossing" of a four-meter-high fence under construction can warrant three years in prison. Damaging the barriers already in place will result in a five-year jail term, and obstructing their construction will lead to a one-year term. Those caught will be taken to guarded detention camps where their cases will be heard in fast-track special courts.
The laws are Hungary's latest bid to stem the inflow of migrants, after anti-migrant propaganda poster campaigns and the construction of the border barriers.
About 200,000 refugees and migrants have entered Hungary this year, many of them fleeing war in Syria.
