Pope Francis has challenged Viktor Orban's anti-immigration policies, which in 2015-2016 included building a razor wire fence on the border with Serbia. After a three day visit, Pope Francis left Hungary on Sunday evening. The conservative populist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has refused to accept many asylum-seekers trying to enter the country through its southern border, leading to prolonged legal disputes with the European Union. But whilst Orbán's government has consistently rejected asylum-seekers from the Middle East and Africa, he did allow around 2.5 million Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion to enter Hungary. Only 35,000 of them remain and have registered for temporary protection there, according to the U.N.

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