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Lili Rutai in Budapest

Protesters to demand resignation of Hungarian politician for anti-Roma remark

János Lázár speaks to a group of villagers in Hódmezővásárhely in 2016
János Lázár said migration was not the solution to Hungary’s labour shortage. Photograph: Patrick Kingsley/The Guardian

Thousands of people are set to gather in Budapest to demand the resignation of a senior Hungarian politician, for making a racist remark against Roma people earlier this month.

János Lázár told attendees at a political forum that migration was not the solution to the country’s labour shortage. “Since there are no migrants, and someone has to clean the bathrooms on the InterCity trains,” Lázár said Roma people would do the job, using an offensive slur in his speech.

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