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Hungary sentences people smugglers as European tensions continue

The people-smuggling defendants in Hungary listen to the verdict

The people-smuggling defendants in Hungary listen to the verdict Source: AAP

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A Hungarian court has sentenced four members of a people-smuggling gang to 25 years in prison for letting 71 men, women and children suffocate inside a freezer truck.

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