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Less than 32,000 Ukrainians found refuge in Hungary (as of August 2023) - far fewer than in neighbouring countries, such as Poland which took 977,000 (Photo: International Organization for Migration)

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Hungary's Ukrainian refugees in two minds as relations sour

Less than 32,000 Ukrainians found refuge in Hungary (as of August 2023) - far fewer than in neighbouring countries, such as Poland which took 977,000 (Photo: International Organization for Migration)

Ukrainian refugees are struggling to accommodate the kindness of individual Hungarians with the nationalist government's pro-Russia rhetoric.

Far fewer refugees settled in Hungary than in other neighbouring states in the first place — is the relationship starting to sour?

Refugee organisations themselves, however, argue national politics has little to do with the quality of life of Ukrainians, and urge the Ukrainians in Hungary to reconsider, despite the difficulties.

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