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Anti-Migrant Prime Minister Seeks Re-Election In Hungary

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An election poster of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban seen on April 4, 2018 in Budapest, Hungary. Hungary will hold a parliamentary election on April 8. (Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images)
An election poster of the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban seen on April 4, 2018 in Budapest, Hungary. Hungary will hold a parliamentary election on April 8. (Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images)

This weekend Viktor Orbán will try to win a third consecutive term as prime minister of Hungary, his fourth overall. Orbán is admired by Europe's far-right for his anti-migrant policies, which include building a fence along Hungary's southern border and refusing to take in migrants under the European Union's quota system.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson (@sorayanelson), NPR's Berlin correspondent.

This segment aired on April 6, 2018.

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