Post by Handyman on Aug 23, 2023 11:20:43 GMT
From todays Telegraph
Hungary has released more than 1,400 convicted people smugglers from prisons, authorities said on Wednesday, a move which the European Commission is challenging.
Last month, the European Commission launched a legal procedure against Hungary after Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government in April decided to release jailed people smugglers and gave them three days to leave the country.
Hungary said at the time that its overcrowded jails were holding 2,600 people from 73 countries - 13 per cent of the prison population - at great cost to the taxpayer.
“We have released 1,468 detainees of foreign nationality who have been convicted of smuggling of human beings,” the National Command of Penitentiary Services told AFP.
Mr Orban has accused Brussels of pushing forward laws he says encourage migration.
“Hungary had to take this decision on people smugglers because Brussels does not contribute to the cost of border protection, but punishes Hungary when prisons are overcrowded,” deputy interior minister Bence Retvari has said.
And so it goes on
Hungary has released more than 1,400 convicted people smugglers from prisons, authorities said on Wednesday, a move which the European Commission is challenging.
Last month, the European Commission launched a legal procedure against Hungary after Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government in April decided to release jailed people smugglers and gave them three days to leave the country.
Hungary said at the time that its overcrowded jails were holding 2,600 people from 73 countries - 13 per cent of the prison population - at great cost to the taxpayer.
“We have released 1,468 detainees of foreign nationality who have been convicted of smuggling of human beings,” the National Command of Penitentiary Services told AFP.
Mr Orban has accused Brussels of pushing forward laws he says encourage migration.
“Hungary had to take this decision on people smugglers because Brussels does not contribute to the cost of border protection, but punishes Hungary when prisons are overcrowded,” deputy interior minister Bence Retvari has said.
And so it goes on
