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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 30 May 2018

Germany: Rejected asylum-seeker sets self ablaze

Germany: Rejected Tuesday, which would
asylum-seeker sets self likely complement draft
ablaze bills already presented
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — earlier this year by Prime
German authorities say a Minister Viktor Orban's
rejected asylum-seeker Cabinet, seeks to prevent
from Iran suffered serious Hungary "from becoming
injuries after setting fire to an immigrant country."
himself at a town office The bills, dubbed "Stop
near the southwestern city Soros" by the government,
of Ulm. also target activities of civic
Police said the 35-year- groups, some supported
old, whose name wasn't by Hungarian-American
released, entered the financier George Soros,
town office in Goeppingen which give legal aid and
midday Tuesday and other support to asylum-
asked two employees for seekers.
help, showing them papers Among other points, the
indicating his application Hungarian Constitution
for asylum had been would be amended to say
rejected. that "foreign populations
Ulm police say the staff In this Sept. 22, 2015 file photo hungarian soldiers work on a fence that is being built at the border cannot be settled in
assured him they would with Croatia, near the village of Beremend, Hungary. Hungary" and would
help, but the man became Associated Press place limits on who is
aggressive and then eligible for asylum. Orban's
pulled a bottle out of his towels from a cleaner's cart treated for severe burns. and a new draft law further Fidesz party won a two-
backpack, poured liquid and suffocated the flames. ___ tightening the country's thirds majority in April's
over himself and set fire to Police say the man was The Hungarian government laws on refugees and elections, allowing them
it as the two workers fled. rushed to hospital by has submitted to parliament asylum-seekers. to modify the constitution
A third worker grabbed helicopter and is being constitutional amendments The legislation submitted unchallenged.q