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Associated Press: Hungary to target pro-migrant groups after election

Published April 10, 2018 at 5:16 pm

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to give his first international press conference on April 10, 2018 at the parliament building in Budapest, two days after his Fidesz party won the general elections.After a campaign centred on resistance to immigration and trumpeting a strong economy, nearly complete results showed that Orban's Fidesz party snapped up almost half the vote (48.8 percent). / AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK

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A day after it won an overwhelming election victory on an anti-migration platform, the right-wing populist party of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said it would limit the ability of civic groups to help migrants and refugees.

Election officials April 9 were still counting mailed ballots, which added another seat to the Fidesz party’s super-majority and gave it control over 134 of 199 seats in parliament.