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Hungary Shuts Borders, Refugees Left In Limbo

It has been a rough four and a half years for Syrians and Hungary isn’t set to make it any easier after closing the Serbian border Tuesday at midnight.

“If someone is a refugee, we will ask them whether they have submitted an asylum request in Serbia,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a television station on Monday. “If they had not done so, given that Serbia is a safe country, they will be rejected.”