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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Krisztina Than

Hungary's Orban says his anti-immigration stance not rooted in racism after backlash

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sits before taking the oath of office in the Parliament in Budapest, Hungary, May 16, 2022. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stuck to his anti-immigration stance on Thursday but insisted it was not rooted in racism after his recent remarks that Hungarians did not want to become "peoples of mixed race" drew fire at home and abroad.

Orban has spoken about maintaining "ethnic homogeneity" in Hungary before, taking a hard line on immigration since 2015.

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