
Hungary has in recent weeks freed 777 foreigners, mostly Serbian, Ukrainian and Romanian nationals, convicted of human-trafficking, the directorate of prisons said on Wednesday in a reply to Reuters questions.
“Incarcerating foreign nationals costs Hungarian prisons billions of forints each year,” the BvOP press office said. (File)
Citing overcrowded prisons, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government issued a decree in April allowing the...