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  • 01/03/2024
Hungary's new immigration measures, which were decided on January 1st but will come into effect this Friday, will be the strictest in the European Union.

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00:00 Hungary's new set of immigration laws will come into effect on Friday.
00:14 The laws are some of the strictest in the European Union.
00:20 They include, among other things, the banning of family reunification and the division of
00:25 residence permits for workers into low-skilled and highly skilled.
00:30 Other measures include the introduction of a golden visa process.
00:38 Foreign nationals in Hungary will also face deportation if they are fired from a job.
00:45 Left-wing parties in Hungary's parliament have opposed the legislation, but have been
00:50 labelled as pro-migration by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
00:57 (whooshing)

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