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Hungary approves detention of all asylum-seekers

Asylum-seekers wait to board a bus at their temporary Hungarian home of Roszke on the Hungarian-Serbian border on June 25, 2015 before transporting them to a new refugee camp. (Photo: AFP)

Hungary's parliament on Tuesday approved the automatic detention of all asylum-seekers in container camps at the borders, sparking "deep concern" at the UN's refugee agency.

The legislation, approved by a large majority of lawmakers, is in response to recent terror attacks in Europe carried out by migrants, according to hardline Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

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