Hungary closes asylum seekers

budapest - Hungary excludes asylum seekers awaiting a decision on their application. Tuesday is the controversial law took effect permitting.

Hungary near the border with Serbia two camps equipped with containers where the refugees will be locked up. Parliament went earlier this month despite strong criticism from home and abroad agree with the law.

Hungary has about ten million inhabitants, according to figures from 2015 per 100 000 inhabitants, most asylum applications in Europe. There were nearly 1,800 applications per 100 000 inhabitants, about 120 more than in Sweden and over 6.5 times more than in the Netherlands.