BUDAPEST: Hungary said on Wednesday it would expel 14 Iranian citizens for violating coronavirus quarantine rules, despite protests from Tehran and a rights group that called the decision a ‘politically motivated show trial’.
Police lieutenant colonel Robert Kiss told a news briefing in Budapest that 11 of the group, all students, were to be expelled on Thursday, and another three on April 23. The Iranians "displayed blatantly anti-social, violent behaviour” while under quarantine in a Budapest hospital last month, said Kiss.
The expulsions follow a campaign against Iranians spearheaded by Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government and waged by pro-Orban media outlets. (AFP)
Police lieutenant colonel Robert Kiss told a news briefing in Budapest that 11 of the group, all students, were to be expelled on Thursday, and another three on April 23. The Iranians "displayed blatantly anti-social, violent behaviour” while under quarantine in a Budapest hospital last month, said Kiss.
The expulsions follow a campaign against Iranians spearheaded by Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government and waged by pro-Orban media outlets. (AFP)