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==== Hungary ==== Anti-refugee sentiment has been strong in Hungary,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/buffett/hungary/hungarian-identity/|title=Hungarian views deeply impacted by country's history|work=Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication|language=en|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/9089/hungary-refugees-not-welcome|title=Hungary: 'Refugees not welcome'|date=9 May 2018|website=InfoMigrants|language=en|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref> and Hungarian authorities along the border have been accused of detaining migrants under harsh conditions<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boell.de/en/2018/01/03/hungary-2017-detained-refugees-persecuted-ngos-lack-legal-certainty|title=Hungary 2017: Detained refugees, persecuted NGOs, lack of legal certainty {{!}} Heinrich Böll Stiftung|website=Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung|language=en|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref> with some reported instances of beatings and other violence from the guards.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Refugee crisis: Hungary uses water cannon as people head to Serbian border |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEeW0-gFHKI |type=News |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/OEeW0-gFHKI |publisher=[[Channel 4 News]] |access-date=4 December 2019 |via=[[YouTube]] |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-hungary-border-police-guards-fence-beating-asylum-seekers-migrants-serbia-push-back-a7610411.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/refugee-crisis-hungary-border-police-guards-fence-beating-asylum-seekers-migrants-serbia-push-back-a7610411.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Hungarian border guards 'taking selfies with beaten migrants'|date=4 March 2017|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=4 December 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://budapestbeacon.com/hungarian-police-accused-of-beating-torturing-refugees/|title=Hungarian police accused of beating, torturing refugees|last=Sentinel|first=-Budapest|date=6 March 2017|website=The Budapest Beacon|language=en-US|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204111451/https://budapestbeacon.com/hungarian-police-accused-of-beating-torturing-refugees/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Surveys from Pew Research Center have also suggested that negative views of refugees and Muslims are held by the majority of the country's locals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/07/11/europeans-fear-wave-of-refugees-will-mean-more-terrorism-fewer-jobs/|title=Europeans Fear Wave of Refugees Will Mean More Terrorism, Fewer Jobs|date=11 July 2016|website=Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project|language=en-US|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/09/19/a-majority-of-europeans-favor-taking-in-refugees-but-most-disapprove-of-eus-handling-of-the-issue/|title=Europeans support taking in refugees – but not EU's handling of issue|website=Pew Research Center|date=19 September 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref> As in other European countries, the [[Romani people]] faced disadvantages, including unequal treatment, discrimination, segregation and harassment. Negative stereotypes are often linked to Romani unemployment and reliance on state benefits.<ref name="FRA">{{cite news |url=http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra-2013-thematic-situation-report-3_en_1.pdf |title=Racism, discrimination, intolerance and extremism: learning from experiences in Greece and Hungary |publisher=European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) |date=December 2013 |access-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> In 2008 and 2009 nine attacks took place against Romani in Hungary, resulting in six deaths and multiple injuries. According to the Hungarian curia (supreme court), these murders were motivated by [[Antiziganism|anti-Romani sentiment]] and sentenced the perpetrators to [[life imprisonment]].<ref name="FRA" />
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