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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