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An Afghan family walks toward the Hungary-Serbia border on the day the new law takes effect.  They will live in a detention center until a decision is made on their claim.

'How will I live there?' Asylum seekers in Hungary are detained in shipping containers.

March 28, 2017
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A new law takes effect Tuesday in Hungary to lock all asylum-seekers into detention camps made out of shipping containers, while their papers are being processed. Refugees are responding with fear.

'How will I live there?' Asylum seekers in Hungary are detained in shipping containers.

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