US limits Hungarian visa rights over security risk

2023-08-01 21:55

A plan which gave a million people Hungarian citizenship is prone to "breaches", the US says.

The US has sharply limited Hungary's participation in a visa waiver system for failing to tackle security issues flagged by Washington.

More than a million people have gained Hungarian passports under a fast-track citizenship plan introduced in 2011.

The US says the system, introduced after...