Date: June 20th, 2018 12:32 PM
Author: Passionate Location
Anyone "facilitating illegal immigration" will face a year in jail.
Viktor Orban's government has dubbed the legislation the "Stop Soros law", after the billionaire philanthropist it accuses of supporting Muslim migrants.
The vote in Budapest came hours after a number of European Union leaders agreed to hold crisis talks on how to overhaul asylum rules.
Hungary says immigration threatens its national security, but its hardline stance and new law have faced widespread international criticism.
The UN refugee agency urged Hungarian officials to scrap the proposed law and legal experts from the Council of Europe human rights organisation appealed for the vote to be postponed until they had submitted a review of the measures on Friday.
A report by the Council's Venice Commission leaked to the BBC said the Hungarian legislation "criminalises organisational activities which are not directly related to the materialisation of the illegal migration".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44546030
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