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Hungary, Austria spar over release of people smugglers

FILE PHOTO: Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg takes part in a European Union Foreign Ministers' council, in Brussels, Belgium May 22, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Hungary's decision to release foreigners convicted of human-trafficking triggered protests by its neighbour Austria on Monday with Vienna summoning the Hungarian ambassador.

Citing overcrowded prisons, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government issued a decree in April allowing the release of foreign nationals convicted of people smuggling, on condition that they leave Hungary within 72 hours once freed.

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