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Top court rules Hungary flouted EU law by detaining migrants

by Lorne Cook
| December 17, 2020 3:15 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday that Hungary has failed to respect EU law by denying people entering the country without authorization the right to apply for asylum and unlawfully detaining them in “transit zones” on its border with Serbia.

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